Category: Blog from the Borders

Many congratulations to my agent, Kate Nash, who’s been selected as one of The Bookseller’s Rising Stars of 2018. To[…]

A couple of weeks ago (I’ve been away and this has been my first opportunity to post something!) I was[…]

I was lucky enough yesterday to be involved in the inaugural Telford Write Now, Right Now Literary Festival, which took[…]

Once a year, authors receive their PLR statements. For those of you who don’t know, PLR stands for Public Lending[…]

Found a hoar frost on the summit of Ragleth Hill this morning. Snapped a photo too, which Louise Lear used[…]

Here in the Welsh Borders, we’ve had a lot of weather, recently. Well, I say a lot of weather, but,[…]

It’s a dangerous game coming to the Welsh Borders to give an author talk. If you don’t believe me, ask[…]

 I love the way some projects take on a life of their own. Today, in St Martin’s in the Bullring[…]

Writing may be a solitary occupation at times, but not all of the time. Today, I was part of Wellington[…]

  Publishing is a numbers game. When a book is published, nobody really knows how many copies it will sell.[…]

  If there’s one thing that Ludlow does well, it’s food. Local food. Well, food from the immediate environs of[…]

Last weekend I was at NAWGFest17, an excellent writers’ conference run by the National Association of Writers’ Groups. Saturday evening[…]