I’m Gonna Be A Magazine Model …

Last Tuesday, I discovered what it meant to be a magazine model. Pictured here (yes, at least I got a modicum of revenge) are Tom Bailey and Rachel Broomhead, from …

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Relax and Write … and have good laugh

I’m just back from running my Seven Steps to Publication Success course at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, on behalf of the Malaga ‘Relax and Write’ workshops, where I had a fab group of students.  In fact, one said she couldn’t remember the last time she’d laughed so much!

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Another PPW 5 Star review!

Thanks to Julie P for another 5 star review of The Positively Productive Writer on Amazon.co.uk, where she said:  “If you are in a bit of a rut with your …

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Time for Love eBook

You may remember that a couple of months ago, my short story Potato Waffles and Syrupy Socks came third in the 5minutefiction.co.uk love story competition. It, along with 17 other short love stories from …

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Thank you 226,436 times.

I was delighted to see from my latest royalty statement, that lifetime sales of 100 Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human now stand at

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Giving Readers More Choice

According to The Bookseller magazine (16th March 2012), I made the ‘Most Interesting Comment’ online last week. It was in response to one of their regular columnists, Scott Pack, who was explaining why there has been an explosion in self-published content and the influence that the traditional publishers’ approach to publishing has had on this.

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Computers Can’t Think

You would have thought that Amazon’s computers would have the power to undertake the following equation:

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Eaton-under-Heywood & Hope Bowdler WI Group

I would like to thank the ladies of Eaton-under-Heywood & Hope Bowdler Women’s Institute for the warm welcome they gave me last night. They were the first Women’s Institute group …

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A Creativity Diary

There are those days when the words just seem to flow. And then there are the days when nothing seems to happen. But have you ever wondered why that is? …

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