Making a note here, really so that I can see how quickly or slowly the chapters are finishing. We’ve definitely turned the half way marker. I’ve been in this man’s head for so long I’m wondering how difficult it will be get out of 1960’s suburbia and become a rougish Irishman from the 1820’s romping his way […]

Time. Lack of. Let me show you it.
OK, I don’t have kids, but I do have a full time job, two (sometimes 3) cats, a widowed Alzheimery Dad, and a house and garden to look after. I write. I blog. I run the EAA. I run Speak Its Name. I read. I write reviews.  The only time […]

Don’t get me wrong. If you love ebooks, then that’s great. Ease of access, cheap prices, convenience of portability – I DO appreciate that people love them, but for me, it will just never do.  I’m never going to be converted.
It’s just that – for me – it seems to be taking away everything that […]

I had a problem with this one - it’s the centre of the book - metaphorically if not word-count wise and it’s the scene where they finally get together after a very long build up. However I had a problem with the language - I guess I didn’t want this book to be a […]

Aspen Mountain Press are publishing “Chiaroscuro” in their “Night Moves” anthology out soon - hopefully end of this year, beginning of next.
Chiaroscuro is the tale of Michel, a Florentine painter in the late 19th Century who, due to his father’s bad business acumen, is forced to work exclusively for Bettano, a greedy and ambitious Patron who […]