Supermarket-ing
After my long military career, I next worked in retail for 25 years, so since retirement I’ve had no wish to go into shops unless necessary. Until recently, I’ve particularly avoided supermarkets,...
View ArticleCodename: MacLennan is available
I’m delighted to report that Codename: MacLennan is now published as an eBook on Amazon, and will be available in paperback format within the next two or three weeks. This is a story that began life...
View ArticleAnother BTL Spinoff
When I started work on MacLennan, it was intended to be a standalone story, but once underway, I recalled how many times readers had mentioned their favourite characters from my Beyond The Law (BTL)...
View ArticleMy Writing Year – 2026
My new writing year saw me focusing on a hard-copy edit of MacLennan. This new story features a male vigilante-style character loosely based on the lead in my short story, Resettlement, which appears...
View ArticleProgress and Pleasure
MacLennan has been one of those stories that started well, then, like a fighter jet in a climb, stalled and, for a while, looked like it would come screaming back to earth. Fortunately, having been...
View ArticleAdmit when you’re wrong
For a few months, I’ve been working simultaneously on different projects. This has always been an effective way for me to keep the ideas and words flowing, therefore avoiding the dreaded writer’s...
View ArticleSpoiled for Choice
I started this year by returning to Selena: Sea Nymph, which I still find a challenge, which is just as it should be. I am, however, already ten chapters (30k words) in with McLennan, my next thriller....
View ArticleMcLennan – the first chapter
When we review another author’s work, many of us might suggest that it could have been longer, or in the case of anthologies, a particular story might work as a novel. When fellow author Barbara Speake...
View ArticleMy New Writing Year – 2025
This year I will concentrate on two stories; McLENNAN and SELENA: SEA NYMPH, which, unsurprisingly, are poles apart in content. McLENNAN features a male vigilante, and is loosely based on my short...
View ArticleMy Writing Year – 2024
In the past few weeks, I’ve been in touch with fellow authors and bloggers I haven’t heard from in a long time. I drifted away from regular blogging several years ago, after spending a while receiving...
View ArticleKarma and Summary Justice
Harriet: and other stories is now available. You’ll find more of my brand of karma and summary justice within. This is my first anthology for four years. Three of the tales were written for this...
View ArticleThe Retail Years
Having now written books on various topics, it occurred to me recently that I’ve often referred to my time in retail and said, ‘I could write a book about it.’ It was, after all, my second career,...
View ArticleMoving Swiftly On ….
I published A Taste of Honey in December 2014, and revised the entire manuscript in August 2023. It was during that revision that two things occurred to me. Firstly, I enjoyed the story, and secondly,...
View ArticleConstance is available
I’m delighted to announce that Constance, my latest crime thriller, is now available in digital format from Amazon. The paperback edition will be released soon. Constance began her existence in a...
View ArticleConstance – an update
Constance may mean ‘steadfast’, but for me, she’s meant an abundance of work. In the summer of 2021, I came up with the idea of Crusader (DS Jason Knight), and from the outset, the story flowed well. I...
View ArticleSequel, Prequel or Standalone?
My original intention was to write Constance as a sequel, following on from the main character’s partnership formed with Jason in Crusader. I next considered Constance as a prequel, but the story will...
View ArticleCrusader … is available
Crusader is available as an eBook, and the paperback edition will follow soon. Once again, I immersed myself in the story, aiming to create not only believable, but memorable characters and situations....
View ArticleAttempted Murder
or ‘Killing your darlings: Part 2‘ This is a sequel to my January post, in which I explained that killing your darlings is not related simply to characters, but also to words, sentences, pages or whole...
View ArticleMy New Writing Year – 2025
This year I will concentrate on two stories; McLENNAN and SELENA: SEA NYMPH, which, unsurprisingly, are poles apart in content. McLENNAN features a male vigilante, and is loosely based on my short...
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