Hi Everyone New Year. New ideas, people, places, things? Nope. Not for me. Not entirely anyway because I am hugely grateful for the existing ones, especially the old ones like the town where I live. Literally old, founded in AD 912, Oxford was never on my radar, but we all know what they say about …
Hi Everyone, Collections? Who has a collection? I do, but mine is not of Rembrandts or Fabergé eggs. It is of horses, mostly small-ish figurines that I have picked up here and there over the years. The first one was more painting than statue and was actually a set that went from pride of place …
Hi Everyone, Depending on where you are in the world the weather is most probably warming up or most undoubtedly cooling down! Here in Oxford, it is, thankfully, gently turning colder and more autumnal. We just had our first single digit overnight temperature with a bit of frost in the morning. What is heating up, …
Hi Everyone, Inspiration. It’s everywhere. As they say, “just look!” Some readers often ask a writer where she finds her vision, and the more fact-like a work appears, the more a reader assumes the work to be “true.” Perhaps that is when a work is most successful. The reader slips into another reality, suspends disbelief …
Hi Everyone, As anyone who listens to the news almost anywhere in the world knows, H. M. Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully on the afternoon of September 8th. Earlier in the day, there had been a public announcement regarding her health, something to attract any listener’s attention as this sort of statement is not broadcast …
Hi Everyone, My third novel Mine is hotting up, with interest growing. I thought I’d choose one of my favorite parts to share with those of you who have asked. Sophie listened, while catching the tiniest sliver of a rainbow out past the pines and over the sea. …
Ah! The Beach. This summer, I have been fortunate enough to escape the cooler climes of Oxford, England for the sunny weather of the Mediterranean
According to Wikipedia, “Roe v. Wade…was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which …
Hi Everyone, This month’s blog is a shameless (forgive me) request for you to buy, perhaps multiple copies, of my recently published novel, Geraniums. Read it and perhaps review it, and submit it to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk or The Book Guild. Maybe all three. It’s a good and speedy read, I’m told. Here are a few of the reviews: …
Hi Everyone, Sometimes I’m at a loss as to what to blog about, but this month there is no doubt whatsoever. First and foremost in my heart is the Oxford Literary Festival, now in its 25th year (technically most probably now off on its 26th year, and, with planning already afoot, maybe its 27th), which …