writing

• September 26, 2024

  Thank You

  These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of setting up, publishing, and getting the word out for Fede’s Letters, and I am exhausted. I would like to express my gratitude to several people. First, to John, who has supported my journey to become an author. Now that Fede’s Letters is for sale, I’ll have…

• September 13, 2024

  No Pasaran!

  This rallying cry would have been known to Fede even though Dolores Gomez coined the phrase in madrid where the Republicans wwere under seige from General Franco’s armies. On November 8, 1936, if you were standing along the Gran Vía in Madrid, you would have heard a stirring speech by Dolores Ibárruri, who coined the…

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  August 21, 2024

  Fede’s Letters: A Journey Through Time Awaits

  An iconic photo from the Spanish Civil War an the inspiration for Fede’s Letters. Excitement and trepidation course through my veins as I share this momentous news: “Fede’s Letters” is now available for pre-order on Amazon, with a release date set for September 9th. This date holds special significance—not only is it my birthday, but…

• June 6, 2023

  Very Exciting News

  A little bit of very exciting news, I’ve been asked to read a short piece of my writing. If you’d care to join us and listen to writers reading from their work, book a place. It’s Free!!! My heart feels like I’m running a marathon, and the hot flushes. Well! I’m reading the first chapter…

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  March 19, 2023

  Mother’s Day

  A look into the history of Mother’s Day throughout the world..

• March 9, 2023

  Sunday, a day of small tasks.

  Today, Sunday, I wrote a list of small tasks that had been bugging me for ages. I was between writing projects, as I’d finished the first draft of a short story on Friday. On Monday I was due to start the monumental task of editing ‘The Forgotten Legacy’. Therefore, in theory, I had an entire…

• April 9, 2022

  Don’t Eat the Daisies!

  Amalie, my main character in the children’s books I write, would have known how to forage, as finding, cooking, growing food were the primary tasks for everyone before supermarkets. She would have known from an early age which plants tasted good and which were poisonous. Perhaps she even cooked food using verbally handed-down recipes from…

• April 1, 2022

  The End of the March Middle Grade Book Promotion.

  March was a mad month with loads of learning, writing, leaping into the unknown, and not necessarily in that order. I belong to a pro-active, friendly Facebook group for middle-grade authors. Rae Knightly, a talented author and group member, volunteered to organise the March Middle Grade Book Promotion. At the time, I didn’t have a…

• March 8, 2022

  It Never Rains But it Pours!

  Amalie’s Perilous Adventure I’d re-published Amalie’s Perilous Journey on the 26th of February after a rewrite and re-edit and I was feeling pretty good with my achievement. The re-doing was because I wasn’t happy with where the original Amalie story began or ended, but now I am, and I hope you’ll love the new version…

• August 20, 2021

  Steve Austin wants to run my Website!

  Last weekend I placed a toe in the murky depths of advertising. What an experience. Steve Austin from Texas asked to run my website, for dollars of course, unfortunately not the six-million-dollar Steve Austin from my youth. Also, I received two offers of a date, but the chaps lived in the US, even for me…