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If you want to see an independent author go pale and start to shake, whisper the word ‘cover’.  First of all there’s the image.  Is it eye-catching?  Does it reflect the book’s content?  Will it show up all right in … Continue reading →

The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la Today I wrote not one word. At least, not one of the words I am supposed to be writing. I abandoned the Saturday Club to its own devices. I left Joséphine … Continue reading →

My husband has been conspiring behind my back with Another Woman. For some weeks he’s been emailing ‘a man called Dave’ who belongs to a Microplus (boat) appreciation group on Facebook. The idea was that we should all meet up … Continue reading →

I’ve been ghost hunting recently.  That is, looking for photos of places near me that might be haunted.  ‘Talk to Julie,’ said Himself.  ‘She’s lived here a long time, she’ll have some suggestions.’  She did:  and a lot of them … Continue reading →

In the space of one hour on Sunday 21st January 2018, life as we knew it came to an end. At six o’clock I got up and began to make the usual morning preparations. I went into the bathroom and … Continue reading →

On a warm July afternoon, I walked in through our front door with a small brown and white dog cradled in my arms. An hour later she had decided that this was the perfect billet. In the blink of an … Continue reading →

Last week I did something extremely clever. I deleted all the files on my external hard drive. Yes, all of them: photos, addresses, deathless prose – the works. And this, ironically, from the hard drive I had bought and connected … Continue reading →

The Demon Technology Yesterday Himself and I celebrated the 40th anniversary of the day we met.  At a hen party, but that’s another story… Today he said something to me he would never have said 40 years ago, or even … Continue reading →

Well, we writers have to meet our adoring public, don’t we? So last Saturday my fellow Arun Scribe Rosemary Noble and I packed up our books and trundled over to Crawley, in West Sussex, where the library was having a … Continue reading →

Since my September post, the mists of befuddlement have cleared slightly and I understand a little more about this ‘following’ business. Thanks to kind Pete at Verite Design, you can now FOLLOW me on Facebook if that is your wish. … Continue reading →