Independent Booksellers
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Books, DIARY, The Writing World | No Comments »Visited White Rose Books whenI was in nearby Thirsk. Good to be in an independent bookshop with its own style of presentation. No dictating from head office ! Sue Lake, the owner, has gathered a pleasant, helpful staff interested in the customer ...
Middlesbrough LitFest – Radio Interview
Friday, June 11th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 2 Comments »Interviewed today for radio in connection with my talk at Middlesbrough LitFest on 29June, 6- 8pm. The interview has been put on the internet. If you want to hear it go to http://southsidebroadcasting.podbean.com/ The interviewer, Alex Lewczuk and Gill Appleton were in ...
The Independent on Sunday/Romantic Novelists Association
Friday, January 15th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 1 Comment »I was interviewed yesterday by a journalist for The Independent on Sunday. He is doing a feature article about romantic fiction and had got my name from the Romantic Novelists Association. He is involving three authors - two females and ...
Writing and the Recession
Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | No Comments »Went to a Romantic Novelists Asociation (Northern Branch) yesterday. Beautiful ride there and home again in sunshine. The theme of the meeting was how has the recession hit each one of us? So it could have been a doom and ...
LATEST WESTERN
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in Books, DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 1 Comment »Here's the cover of my latest Large Print Western published by Magna Books in their Dales Large Print Western series. Another nice cover by Gordon Crabb It was originally published in 1960. A book is never dead !
Writer’s Luck
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Books, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 2 Comments »Every would-be writer needs luck and even established writers can still need it. But luck alone won't help, you need to do something about it ! You need to recognise it, grab it, and make it work for you. Unless ...
Novel Writing
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Books, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 2 Comments »I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed a thriller, VANISHED by Joseph Finder published by Headline. I am not going to tell you what it is about; it would be a crime to spoil it for you. It has 99 chapters ! ...
Comics
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Books, DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 2 Comments »I have just read in today's newspaper that comics are making a come-back. Great! Especially in these days of Television and other attractions (should that be distractions) that take children away from reading. Comics have an important part in that ...
Romantic Novelists Association
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 5 Comments »Today I went to the meeting of the Northern Group of the RNA held at Beckwithshaw near Harrogate. Before lunch we had time to chat and of course that continued unabated while we enjoyed our meal. The formal meeting (formal ...
Scarborough Writers’ Circle
Friday, September 19th, 2008 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | No Comments »Yesterday I went to lunch in the Ambassador Hotel in Scarborough. It was celebrating 60 years since the Circle was founded. I live 40 miles from Scarborough. Thankfully it was a glorious day in the midst of this wet summer. ...
