writing

• August 13, 2021

  Beware Friday 13th!

  Change of plan! An oops on my part. Because I didn’t press enough buttons on Amazon, Mrs Brown will only be available on the .com site for 99c this weekend. However, she will be available on the .co.uk site next weekend for 99p for all her prospective British readers. My take from this is that…

• July 9, 2021

  The Rise of the She-Shed.

  Because the weather so far this month has been mild, we’ve been able to get outside and continue building my She-Shed. Even though the trend, since lockdown, has encouraged those who have to work from home, to erect a timber room in the garden, mine was in the planning stage long before anyone thought of…

• 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

  Researching the Bronze Age for Amalie

• May 7, 2021

  The Longing Published!

  What an exciting day for me. The Longing went live on Amazon around the world in ebook, paperback, and Kindle Unlimited formats today. I hope when you buy The Longing you’ll enjoy reading about Stephen and Paul’s pioneering quest for a family as much as I did writing about them. The Beards, Stephen and Paul,…

• May 4, 2021

  The Longing on Pre-Order.

  Whoo hoo! The Longing is available for pre-order from your local Amazon online store. It will be available in ebook and paperback formats and to read for free on Kindle Unlimited from the publication date 7th May. Not too long to wait. In my previous blog post I read the first chapter as a taster,…

• March 8, 2021

  Podcasts

  I received an invitation, along with millions of others, to link my blog to a podcasting company, Anchor.fm. Participating in podcasting has been on my to-do list for about three years, for me a natural progression from writing to reading stories out loud, and, as a bonus, reaching a wider audience. I found the post-cast…

• March 3, 2021

  Thank you

  I want to say a big thank you to Sophie Bush for asking me to contribute to the Good life in Galicia blog, it is an honour. I so enjoy writing for the annual anthology and seeing my and other author’s work in print. She gives us a great opportunity to get short pieces out…

• February 9, 2021

  A Dilemma.

  I keep my horses at a farm with nineteen other horses, sixteen cows and a bull, three dogs, four cats and several chickens. They all live in semi-liberty, out for most of the time but with access to shelter, if needed. The owner of this almost paradise is Candy, a hardworking, valiant, wonderful human being.…

• 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…