Well, what a week it has been! My second novel, The Sword and the Hounds, was published on the 23rd of July and got shared around a bit on social media by some amazing and lovely people, though from my end, it wasn’t quite the all-singing, all-dancing affair I had in mind… largely due toContinueContinue reading “Book release, book shops, book launch, and talking bollocks – my week after publication”
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The Sword and the Hounds – the who, what, when, where and why?
Tomorrow is the 23rd of July 2024 and the day my second novel will be released into the wild. To say I’m a little nervous would be an understatement, but I am also very excited. Quite a few people read The Book and the Blade (the first in the Arthur Crazy series) and the reviewsContinueContinue reading “The Sword and the Hounds – the who, what, when, where and why?”
Where have you been?
Years ago I ploughed my way through Frank McCourt’s books because one of my students was reading Angela’s Ashes and raving about it in class, so I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I read the same book, loved it, and decided to read everything else he had written as well. SomewhereContinueContinue reading “Where have you been?”
Halloween Hearth Stories 2020
I wrote a thing for the Halloween Hearth Stories hosted by Parliament House Press. This weekend and next they are publishing a selection of creepy/spooky/Halloweeny short stories from some of their authors (that’s me, Mum!) and my story is online now for you to have a gander at. I’ll come clean, I cheated a bit.ContinueContinue reading “Halloween Hearth Stories 2020”