A Mad Move to Self-publishing

I appreciate it’s a weird thing to do, having spent most of my adult life seeking out conventional publishers (and occasionally finding them) but, having finally reached the age where bits of me are falling off/seizing up/dropping dead, I have decided to reclaim most of my titles and stick to self-publishing from now on. ItContinue reading “A Mad Move to Self-publishing”

A TIME FOR SILENCE: first love

A TIME FOR SILENCE. It wasn’t my first novel by a long chalk, but it was the first to be published. Like Jane Austen, you see (and I do try to bring her into as many posts as possible). She wrote several books, including FIRST IMPRESSIONS, which later became PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, before she wasContinue reading “A TIME FOR SILENCE: first love”

New Book: COLD IN THE EARTH

Today’s the day when my latest novel (psychological crime) is officially available from Amazon, as paperback and e-book. COLD IN THE EARTH. Yes I know the title’s been used before but then so have all my titles, and I really needed this one because of the way Emily Brontë’s poem continues, especially the third verse:Continue reading “New Book: COLD IN THE EARTH”

The Power of Water

Write what you know, they say. Actually, I don’t believe it. I’d go with “write what you can imagine.” But sometimes experience can be a spur to the imagination. There is a scene in my latest book, COLD IN THE EARTH, due out on Thursday, 7th November, which was inspired by my own experiences livingContinue reading “The Power of Water”