Read Around the Rainbow: Music, the Food of Love?

29 Jul 202229 Jul 2022

It’s time for the monthly Read Around the Rainbow post again and this month it’s all about music. More specifically, whether we write to it, whether we have playlists for…

Hot!

19 Jul 2022

Like so many others around the UK - and further afield - we're experiencing unusually high temperatures at the moment. I took this photo of my phone in the middle…

Read Around the Rainbow: Setting Books where you Live

24 Jun 202224 Jun 2022

I chose the topic for this month’s webring blogpost, but oddly I tend not to set books in the place I currently live. I’m not sure why that is, but…

June newsletter due soon

20 Jun 2022

Just a quick note to say my next newsletter for June will be coming out in the next day or two. This time round, as well as the usual writing…

Rainbow snippets: Ghosts Galore

11 Jun 2022

The Rainbow Snippets FB group encourages members to post a few lines from one of their books and then link back to it on the group. It seems like a…

Read around the Rainbow: Characters at High School

27 May 202227 May 2022

I hold my hands up this month - Real Life TM has intervened and I haven't had a chance to write anything myself on this topic. I think I would…

May newsletter imminent!

26 May 2022

My new monthly newsletter is due out later today. This month, as well as the usual update on my work-in-progress, it features a free story and lots of stuff about…

Read around the Rainbow: Weird Research

29 Apr 202229 Apr 2022

When this topic was first suggested, I wasn’t sure I could write about it. Most of my books are contemporary, with backdrops that I’m reasonably familiar with (archaeology, old buildings)…

Choosing what to work on next

7 Apr 2022

The great thing about finishing a book is... well, having a finished book! Which is always a cause for celebration. Less well known, perhaps, is that odd feeling of disconnectedness…

Read around the Rainbow: my dream writing space

25 Mar 202225 Mar 2022

I guess anyone who writes, or dreams of writing, has their dream writing space too. Partly, I blame movies and TV dramas for that. All those glossy shots of writers…