New Book – 2026
After taking a year away from here, dipping a toe into Substack – and having reservations about continuing there for the time being – I’m delighted to say that I have signed a publishing...
Category: Writing
ReadAThon – half way there
Half way through the year and my ReadAThon for Schnauzerfest is going well. At the start of the year I set myself a target to read 60 books.
Time to sit back at my desk
With just 10 days left in the month I am drowning in overdue things which need me to sit at my desk and complete.
As the year closes
I wrote this two years ago. It was minus six degrees this morning as Albert Claude and I went up the lane and round the pond in time to see the Winter Solstice sun...
One is not the same as another
I swing between wishing to leave social media entirely and enjoying it’s better nature and the positives that it offers. This morning I’m reminded of one. Facebook Memories and the random photos it throws...
Do you know what you were doing?
Yesterday a Facebook memory popped up and reminded me what I was doing exactly ten years ago. Quite similar, weirdly, to what I am now doing, a decade on. Only this time I am...
A chapter closes
It’s only week six of the year and already it’s feeling like it might be yet another of ‘those’ years. One in which we hurtle through one demanding thing after another. One where, getting...
My Read-A-Thon has started
My Read-A-Thon for Schnauzerfest will see me read 50 books, with reviews to reflect the donation a book gets. 5* reviews will get £15 etc.
Writing jams and rained on dogs
This week I’ve been nose down at my computer. Working on my next book. I’ve recently set myself a new routine: check emails and messages and whether there is anything with the charity that...
Reading in the year ahead
I’m not one to make resolutions at this time of year, but I do like the newness of intentions I have about the year ahead. Usually I keep them to myself, but this year...