An Author's Notebook

Life has overtaken the blog recently. Which is a good thing, I suppose! Anyway, lots has happened over the last month or so. My main piece o...

I am immersed in what I hope will be the final edit of my second novel. At this point in the process, I am trying to look at the 'arc...

Notes from the Henley Literary Festival 2015 My favourite event in Henley's social carousel has come round again. For one glorious wee...

Imagine what it feels like. You wake up on Monday morning feeling flattened. Perhaps for a few seconds there is blissful oblivion, but then ...

Tuesday night found me discussing my novel, A Sister for Margot , with a book club from Nettlebed. The prospect of talking about my work wit...

There are so may ways of telling a story. In the weighty tomes of Victorian England, authors like George Eliot took you by the hand and led ...