January newsletter – ghosts galore!

21 Jan 2022

My regular monthly newsletter is due out in the next couple of days and this month it includes lots and lots of ghosts. For starters there's a snippet from the…

LGBT armed forces review

20 Jan 202220 Jan 2022

The UK Government/Ministry of Defence have recently announced a review into the consequences of a decades-long ban on LGBT people serving in Britain's armed forces. The review, which will speak…

Two walk the promenade

18 Jan 2022

The promenade at Grange-over-Sands is a great place for a winter walk. It's long (at least one mile from end to end), it's level, the town's micro-climate keeps it from…

Qi Awards

17 Jan 202217 Jan 2022

I'm absolutely bowled over to have been nominated in this year's Qi Awards from Queer Indie, in two different categories - Queer Lit: Speculative (Echoes of Blood, Just Visiting, December…

Adriatic Gardens

13 Jan 202213 Jan 2022

I'm watching - and loving - Monty Don's latest gardening/history/travelogue programmes about gardens around the Adriatic. His series are always a delight; many garden programmes focus, not unexpectedly, on the…

Two go for a wet walk

11 Jan 2022

We haven't had much time to get out and explore lately what with travelling over Christmas and the New Year, bad weather, and a couple of health issues. However, yesterday…

Free Christmas story

17 Dec 2021

I spent yesterday putting the finishing touches to a new, free Christmas short story set in the world of my paranormal romance novel ‛December Roses’, involving Nat, a former soldier…

No more Ghosts…

6 Dec 2021

Some slightly sad news today - my paranormal romp Got Ghosts? is out of contract and will no longer be available in either print or digital versions. Although the book…

Canals, basins, docks – and a fish on a bicycle

4 Dec 2021

Last week we spent a few days in London, on our first holiday in over two years. We were only there for two and a half days but managed to…

The church-town in the Lune Valley

21 Nov 2021

Or Kirkby Lonsdale, to give it its modern name. This wonderful, ancient town is chock full of atmosphere, with an amazing setting on a bend in the River Lune amidst…