First the article in the Times supplement, then the Radio 4 interview with Janet Behan, capped by years of hearing of and about Brendan Behan left me with little choice – I had to go and see this at The … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Leave a commentI lied. It was a quandary – both times – which answers that old question: do you have to be a good speller to be a good writer? No…but it helps. Thanks to Linda Gillard for getting me back on track
Posted in Blog| 2 CommentsSo I find myself in a quandry. I need to write the scene where the fellow comes out of prison. It’ll be a moving scene – he thinks he’s alone, he can’t go back, he doesn’t know how to go forward, … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Tagged Life| 3 CommentsCall me when you get this….part 2 The first thing you think of when you read, ‘Call me when you get this…’ is that somebody’s died. The second thing is that you don’t want to know who it is, not … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Leave a commentMy husband was 50 this Christmas. A ski-ing holiday was his idea of a good present; ski-ing holiday is my idea of a contradiction in terms – an oxymoron, if you like. We had a Ski-ing holiday a few years … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Tagged Life| 1 CommentLast week I was sent an email advising me to listen to a song by Lisa Koch on www.heylisa.com – MUSIC. The song was entitled, ‘Middle Aged Woman’ and it was highly irreverent. It made me laugh out loud. The … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| 2 CommentsThe article was written by Helene Parry, a very friendly interviewer who came one hot summer’s day and asked lots of questions. She’d done her research and was familiar with both my work and my publishers – Transita. I thought … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| 2 CommentsWhen Sandra held up the Writers Forum Magazine and said, ‘Have you seen this?’ I nodded. I’ve seen it lots of times and think it’s a good read. She looked surprised as if my reaction was odd. Then I saw why. … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| 1 CommentSo it works. For weeks I’ve been drip feeding the blog, wondering if anyone really looks at blogs that crop up in the ether and suddenly someone from the past appears. Wonderful! Cyril is a friend from Aberdeen days who … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Leave a commentI travel to Ireland Wed.to meet the pr lady who will help me launch Soft Voices Whispering in Ireland. Reviews so far from this side of the water are positive so my hopes are high for a response in the … Continue reading →
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