Reading Time: 4 minutes After a brief discussion on my Facebook author page, we’ve decided to do a buddy read of Seeing Red in Gretna Green in a private Facebook group. You can join it here. I’ve enjoyed buddy reads on Goodreads for years. You know where we all read the same book in the same month (or the same […]
Yay! Go me — Deadline hit
Reading Time: 5 minutes Book two in the Midlife Recorder series is now with my copy editor. It’s officially called Painting the Blues in Gretna Green. And, for all of you who are waiting to read it, it means I’m on track for a November release. I’ve also had a wonderful few days off to re-set my brain before […]
All Booked Up – Writing Book 2
Reading Time: 2 minutes November is National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo So during November, I shall be booked up in more ways than one. Any long-term clients will know that November-January is always a difficult time for appointments, as I’m usually full with pre-booked Celtics. And while this year that is still partially true something exciting and scary […]
Happy Litha
Reading Time: < 1 minute After a fabulous holiday right in the north of Scotland in Wick, John O’Groats and then down to Mallaig where the featured photo was taken and finally in Fort William where we spent a long afternoon on the Harry Potter train, I’ve come back to the usual craziness that is the twice-yearly Celtics and Astroclocks. […]
Happy Solstice
Reading Time: 3 minutes I just loathe the term Happy Holidays. I’d rather acknowledge the actual holiday specifically. Whether you’ve already celebrated Divali, just completed Hanukkah, are still recovering from Saturnalia revivals or about to enjoy Yalda tonight or are looking forward to Christmas or Kwanzaa – I think we can all agree that our days starting to get […]
4 Unusual Life Lessons from my dog
Reading Time: 4 minutes Happily, I’ve had many awesome teachers in my life. Some of them weren’t human.My cat initially hired me to get her out of a tree when her former staff moved house, leaving her behind. She stayed for another 24 years (that is not a typo). She and my Bichon Frise, Lucy, who’s only been in […]