To Mars and back – in a day

2 Dec 2022

We had a real treat on Monday - a trip to Mars! Of course, faster-than-light travel not being a Thing yet, this wasn't to the real planet. But it was…

New Ghosts Galore Review

30 Nov 202230 Nov 2022

There wasn't time to mention it yesterday, but QueeRomanceInk posted a super new review of Ghosts Galore at their site which totally made my day. The reviewer described the book…

RoM/Mantic Reads: Meet the Contributors

29 Nov 2022

Today, over at RoM/Mantic Reads magazine, I've turned the spotlight on myself and answered a string of questions about myself and my writing. These include how many books I've written,…

Now with added Mastodon

22 Nov 2022

Much as I love Twitter I've been a bit alarmed by all the bad publicity and am half expecting it to vanish in a puff of smoke overnight. It's taken…

Latest newsletter – and free story!

1 Nov 20221 Nov 2022

I forgot to mention the other day that my October newsletter is out now, and features quite a bit of news. For starters there's some more detail about our recent…

Happy Halloween!

31 Oct 2022

I don't usually bother much with the celebrations; when I was a kid growing up near Liverpool Halloween was barely a Thing and it was much more about Bonfire Night…

Books galore at Wigtown

29 Oct 2022

Wigtown is Scotland's national book town. We were due to have a couple of nights there exploring, but had to cut the holiday short by a day and this was…

Two have a Scottish road trip

21 Oct 2022

To celebrate our Silver Wedding anniversary we chose a road trip around south western Scotland, starting in Dumfries & Galloway and working our way gradually north to end up in…

Six drummers drumming

2 Oct 2022

We had an absolute treat on Thursday evening in the shape of a concert at the Old Laundry Theatre in Bowness by taiko drumming group Mugenkyo. According to their own…

An unexpected nature reserve

26 Sep 2022

Yesterday we both had cabin fever, so we drove in to Lancaster for a mooch. The shops mostly don't open until 11 am on a Sunday and we were a…