SIMON WHALEY

The Tale/Tail That Keeps Wagging

29 April, 202027 September, 2018

Every six months I get my royalty statement from hatchette, and every six months I’m always astounded by the fact that my first published book keeps selling. Who’d have thought …

Rainbow Snapper

29 April, 202021 September, 2018

You should never put yourself in danger when taking a photograph. And I didn’t, when I snapped this rainbow above Caer Caradoc from the top of Ragleth Hill. But I didn’t make it back down Ragleth Hill without incident. Rainbows mean rain, and the ground was saturated after several days of the wet stuff.

Ffotograffydd Simon

29 April, 202021 September, 2018

Last week I took myself off to Pembrokeshire – a popular destination for those of us who live on the Welsh Borders. It’s a stunning part of the British Isles, and a region that also get sits fair share of weather, much to Snapper Simon’s pleasure. In fact, Snapper Simon was successful a couple of times during his Pembrokeshire break.

Snapper Sunset

29 April, 20207 September, 2018

I nipped out for a short walk before dinner and managed to take a photo of the Long Mynd from a slightly different angle. Then, while I was sat at the table eating my dinner the evening regional news came on and across the studio there looked to be a photo I recognised ….

Mesmerising Mynd

21 May, 202130 August, 2018

After some rather dull and dreary days, the sun finally made an appearance today. So in the early evening, I shot up Ragleth Hill and snapped a photo of the …

Snapper Simon Snaps Soft Sunset over South Shropshire Slopes

21 May, 202121 August, 2018

I had a rather surreal experience late yesterday when I was walking back from my evening stroll. A gentleman passed me on the other side of the road, acknowledge me and said, “saw you on the national news the other night.”

“Really?” I replied. “I didn’t know one had been used.”

“It was definitely a Snapper Simon photo,” he confirmed, then continued on his way.

The surreality of it though came from the fact that I knew not who this gentleman, was, yet somehow he knew me as Snapper Simon!

Rickman Reveals

6 August, 20186 August, 2018

Last Friday, as part of the Church Stretton Arts Festival, I went to a talk by Phil Rickman, author of the Merrily Watkins series of novels.

As writers we’re frequently told to write for a specific genre, such as crime, romance, horror, thriller, mystery, fantasy, sci fi etc.

But Phil’s Merrily Watkins novels don’t quite fit into one genre. Although Merrily is the Diocesan Exorcist for the Diocese of Hereford, and the books clearly draw on the Church of England for their setting, conflicts and its many characters, they’re not religious books.