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A full programme of events has now been released for the inaugural Penistone Literary Festival. Headlined by one of the best poets of his generation, Simon Armitage, and best selling author, Milly Johnson, supported by Andrew Macmillan, crime writer M J Fowler, and other local poets and authors, it promises to be a fun-filled two-days […]
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I’m excited to announce that my novel, Ring of Lies, has been recorded as an audiobook. Produced by Dave Giorgio of BookRite Books and narrated by the amazing Michelle Ford, it is now available from Audible and Amazon, and iTunes. Even though I regularly listen to audiobooks, I hadn’t realised how much work goes into making a […]
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October 2013 You haven’t heard from me lately, and it’s for some very good reasons. No, the dog (Rosie) did NOT eat my homework. I’ve been extremely busy promoting my novels, and – yes, it’s true! – negotiating a contract for an audiobook version of Ring of Lies! I’m delighted to announce that it will […]
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On Friday, 12th July 1013, the hottest weekend of the year so far, I joined 180 members of the Romantic Novelists’ Association at The Edge, part of the University of Sheffield Endcliffe Campus, for their annual conference. Modern and spacious, The Edge offers superb conference facilities with onsite accommodation. But my goodness was it hot. […]
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My second romantic suspense novel set in the Highlands of Scotland (which has been out of print for some time) is now available from Amazon. When Anna MacDonald leaves Edinburgh to find peace in the Scottish Highlands, she gets a twofold surprise: a lost sailor teaches her to love again…while a mysterious stranger has […]
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Now available from Amazon. Set in the steamy heat of the Florida Gulf Coast, Ring of Lies is the story of one woman’s struggle to find the truth surrounding her marriage and her husband’s true identity. When English accountant Daniel Elliott dies in a car accident one rainy night, his widow, Grace, is overcome with […]
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I am joined today by Ciara Ballintyne. Ciara is a a writer of high fantasy, lawyer, and dragon expert. Bent on world domination and born argumentative, Ciara invested her natural inclinations in a career in law. Her short story, A Magical Melody, is available as part of the Spells: Ten Tales of Magic ebook anthology. […]
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I’ve been a very bad blogger of late… but I’ve had my reasons, which I wont bore you with, but suffice to say they’ve involved a few trips to the Accident and Emergency Department at our local hospital. However, now that matters are more or less under control, I’m once again working on my manuscript […]
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As some of you may know, Milly Johnson and I held a crash course in novel writing on the 17th June. I must admit that, for a short time at least, I had a few sleepless nights about picking a date that coincided with Father’s day here in the UK. Fortunately, I need not have […]
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Milly Johnson and I are running an afternoon ‘crash course’ in writing a book in Barnsley on Sunday 17th June, 2pm-5pm Both of us will be giving a presentation, there will be afternoon tea, plenty of time for questions and our latest books will be available to purchase. We’ve both given our course before and […]