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An Inspirational Week

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The other week, I treated myself to something I’ve been drooling over for some years – an inspirational week away at the Swanwick Writers’ School.  I’ve read about it many times in Writing Magazine, and the more I’ve heard, the more I’ve wanted to attend.  Money was what held me back. But then I read that you could just go for a day, and I thought, ‘well, I’m sure I could afford that.’  So I went to the website (at last!), and when I saw the cost of attending for the whole week, I was surprised at how affordable it … Continue reading →

Thinking About Fairy Tales

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I was lying half-awake this morning, as you do on a lazy Saturday, and thinking about fairy tales. Working with myths and legends recently, I’ve been looking into the deeper meaning and hidden teaching behind these ancient stories. Looking at the fairy tale is an obvious next step. A memory surfaced of a book I read many years ago – Beauty, by Sheri S Tepper. So I found the copy I bought from a charity shop and re-read the introductory page. I was both saddened and heartened, and resonated with what she said. It moved me so much that I … Continue reading →

Journey Into the Unknown Book 1 Released

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‘Journey’ Book Release! Please accept my sincere apologies, folks, for the very long time I’ve been away from my blog.  Life gets in the way, then technology lets me down – and sometimes, I’m even actually writing!  I appreciate this is a long overdue update, and I thank you for your patience.  I hope you enjoy reading about my new book – Journey into the Unknown and Back Again (Book 1), first announced in this blog post. Yes, the spiritual novel I’ve been writing with my friend Joshua Shapiro, who’s based in Seattle, USA, is finally complete and available to … Continue reading →

Free eBook

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Free eBook Well, I’ve been promising for some time that I was going to start a mailing list, so that my loyal readers can be kept informed of new writings, publications, appearances and events.  Finally, I can deliver on that promise.  And in return for signing up to my mailing list, you will get a free eBook! The short story you will receive on signing up was shortlisted for the Adult Fairy Story Competition by Writing Magazine some time ago.  Given the many different genres in which I write, I was unsure at first which story to give away, as I will have … Continue reading →

Done it! NaNoWriMo Challenge – Completed!

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Done it!  NaNoWriMo Challenge – Completed!   Well, by the skin of my teeth, as they say, I have finally managed to complete the NaNoWriMo challenge of writing 50,000 words in the month of November! What a strange month it’s been.  I’ve been under the weather the whole month, with an infection that started in late October, and for several days I haven’t been well enough to write at all. Then there’s the fact that I’ve started THREE separate novels this month!  The first was a fuller version of one of the past lives that Cathy Heritage discovers in my novel, … Continue reading →

NaNoWriMo

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Writing for NaNoWriMo November’s Writing Challenge   Hello, and welcome to my new blog! In fact, this is a brand new website, which my partner and I have been working on for the last week or two. It’s much more interactive – you can sign up to receive notifications of new posts, and comment on posts, as well as contacting me direct, which was your only option before, unless you went to my Facebook page. As I’ve just started NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month – a marathon writing challenge), my posts this month may be frequent but short.  NaNoWriMo is … Continue reading →