Writing historical dual timelines ghostly novels is such a blast...
What is it like to be vegan nowadays?
I’ve been vegan for thirty years and vegetarian for much longer. In terms of my lifestyle, I’ve always assumed two things – that vegans avoid animal products as best as they can, and that it’s virtually impossible to be a vegan. Avoiding animal products requires a lot of label reading and some understanding of where …
How a Pantser became a Plotter. More Confessions of a Novelist.
Writing cosy (cozy) crime....
To celebrate Boldwood Books FOURTH birthday, here are four locations that have inspired my writing…
Happy Fourth Birthday, Boldwood Books. To celebrate, here are four of my favourite locations in my novels...
Introducing Morwenna Mutton.
Introducing Morwenna Mutton, librarian, wild swimmer and sleuth...
Why I Turned to Crime: Confessions of a Novelist.
My new Seal Bay cosy (cozy) crime series...
Tribute to a Special Cat…
Many of you know about my black cat, Colin. Colin Feral. He was renowned for his beautiful green eyes. He wasn't the brightest tool in the shed. Everyone who met him loved him. Colin would climb on my lap, and on my laptop, where he'd edit, delete chapers, send emails, turn it off. He was …
Why I love Tom Hardy…
Tom Hardy the actor embodies what I love about all arts....
There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family..
Friends and family -despite distance, time and change, we are there for each other.
Why I love audiobooks…
Audio books take us back to that primal place of being read to, of sharing stories aurally....
That quintessence of dust 