Reading Time: 3 minutesGalician honey cakes have been a theme in the Midlife Recorder series since book three. (Ties that Bond in Gretna Green). They return in Half an Orange in Gretna Green. Does Niki finally get to taste one? You’ll have to read it to find out. 😂 This is a simple, traditional-style honey cake with a […]
Midlife Recorder Character Guide
Reading Time: 4 minutesReaders of the Midlife Recorder in Gretna Green series have a lot of requests. Some things they ask for are already available. (There is a search button up in the top right corner)Some of them will never be on my list. Because they fall into the category of “No way in hell unless you never […]
Behind the Books – Dola’s Secret Heart
Reading Time: 5 minutesThere are no spoilers in this piece, so don’t worry if you haven’t reached this part of the series yet. “I also have a crusader’s heart in one of my walls.” The house shook a little for a moment, and then Dola continued, “Ah yes, there it is. It is currently at the end of […]
Looking for the Advent Calendar?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s up! Welcome to the Recorder’s Advent Calendar ✨ Read this first, and I’ll give you the link. Please pop over to my Facebook Author page here and click Follow to get notifications. If you don’t use FB – I get it—but you’ll need to set your own reminders. Some of the fun is time […]
How to get the latest versions of the books
Reading Time: 3 minutesHappy News! There are brand-new versions of the ebooks and paperbacks. Everything has been re-proofed, the typos hunted down and fed to the dragonets, and the formatting tidied so the books now look their very best. If you have the paperbacks, nothing significant has changed. In fact, your originals might be collector’s items one day, […]
Walk with Niki McKnight and Tilly through Gretna Green
Reading Time: 4 minutesLet’s join Niki and Tilly on part one of their stroll around Gretna Green I’m beginning a short series of posts about the tiny Scottish village of Gretna Green. We’ll look at both the historical and present-day buildings and the crazy transportation options that inspired parts of the books.Today we’re in book one and the […]
Behind the Books – Pant y Wern
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe part of my newsletter that many readers enjoy most is the Behind the Books section. So I’ve pulled out those items into separate blog posts. This one focuses on the Red Celts’ capital city of Pant y Wern as featured in Seeing Red in Gretna Green and many other books in the series. What […]