children’s story

• November 14, 2024

  Embrace the Mania: A Writer’s Journey through November!

  A manic month of writing and ckecking out 26 more fabulous books.

• May 15, 2022

  Indie Authors

  The Middle-Grade Facebook group I belong to organised a March Middle-Grade Book Promotion, of which I was a part, and from the emails and messages flitting into my inbox, the promotion was a success. It certainly was for me and thank you to everyone who downloaded a copy of Amalie and her perilous journey, and…

• April 23, 2022

  Happy Horses

  This is Samson as he is now, a happy three-year-old miniature pony, who could be a Shetland, Falabella, or a cross of the two, and we’ll never know, but that doesn’t stop us from guessing. He now lives in liberty with two other horses who are, um, slightly bigger than him, but don’t let that…

• July 4, 2021

  Auntie’s Legacy

  “It’s fine, auntie won’t know and anyhow, what’s the point of having a beach-hut if we can’t use it?” said Libby, rummaging in her enormous bag. The one mum and dad brought back from their trip to Acapulco. A lurid green and yellow stripe with a pink umbrella printed on the front.“But, Libby. Suppose she…

• June 9, 2021

  The Wrong Knickers and Research.

  I’ve been itching since forever to get down to the south-west point of Galicia and visit the Castro at A Guarda. It’s the place where Amalie meets up with the boatmen from her village and collects her goods to sell. Although there are many photographs of the stone houses, ruined and reconstructed, on the internet,…

• June 4, 2021

  The Mogard

  Joel first noticed it Monday on his way home from school. He’d been kicking lumps of concrete along the weed choked path behind the shops, and muttering dark retributions under his breath. ‘It wasn’t my fault. I was chucking it into the bin. How could I know Miss Evans would walk in at that moment.’…

• June 4, 2021

  Researching the Bronze Age for Amalie

• January 8, 2021

  Happy Epiphany or Day of the Three Kings.

  I know it’s a bit late. This year El dia de los Reyes, because of Covid restrictions, was a little different. The Kings came to the villages, and the locals waved from their windows. There were no processions, no arrival by steam train, which is the tradition here in Monforte, my hometown, and no sweets…

• December 26, 2020

  FREE! on Kindle e-books.

  Amalie, my girl with horse Bronze Age adventure story, is FREE on Kindle E-Books for two days only, 26th & 27th December. A free treat at Christmas for tween and teen readers. Amalie, orphaned, and her horse, Roble, take on a perilous journey to the coast. Wolves, thieves, rugged terrain test her skills, courage and…

• December 7, 2020

  Yay, Nay and Lockdown.

  Yay, I’ve completed my first draft of Gelvira the Goth, The Barbarian Chronicles: Book 1. A girl with horse adventure story for upper middle-grade readers. (about 9-13) No magic, just skills, guts and determination. It’s set in the 5th Century A.D. and revolves around a small tribe of Visigoths driven out of their village by…