The More You Use It
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. A favourite Maya Angelou quote. She’s right, of course, phenomenal woman, great thinker, savvy human being that she was. I am...
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Beware the gillygaupus
I recently completed a writing course with the University of East Anglia. The UEA are world leaders in teaching creative writing, with an alumni featuring literary shining lights such as Rose Tremain, Ian McEwan...
It’s Almost Time
It doesn’t seem long ago that we were in the UK filming with the team from ITV’s Britain’s Top 100 Dogs. At the time, knowing it wouldn’t be screened until the end of January...
A New Book Begins
There’s nothing quite like making the decision to get working on another book and putting that decision down on paper. All my books begin life in notebooks, sometimes they languish for a long time...
Theft of Words and Ideas Matters
As a writer I’m hyper-aware that ideas and words which I put out into the public realm will be picked up, read and shared. It’s what writers hope will happen and as a writer...
Vote For Saving Maya
Voting opened 3 days ago for the finals of the 2017 People’s Book Prize Awards. We have until Sunday 21st when votes close to get enough to WIN the Children’s Award. We have no...
We’re In The Running For An Award
‘Saving Maya’ has always been more than a book to me. It represents the combined efforts of many people to bring the truth about many puppies being sold today out to a younger audience....
Susie-Belle’s Legacy
Susie-Belle’s legacy is a large one. Thanks to the support of many thousands of people around the world. People who find her story through my books, or social media. Writing’s a funny thing, you...
A Stack of Books
A stack of books sits in my office awaiting delivery to new homes. My third book on puppy farming in three years. My first children’s book. ‘Saving Maya’ has been made possible through the...
Want to see the cover for my new children’s book?
I’m delighted to share the cover design for my new children’s book, ‘Saving Maya’ which is due out later this year. Like all the illustrations in the book, it’s been drawn by Annabel Wilson....