As I briefly mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’m a recent pilgrim to the review blogosphere. Now, I freely confess it, I’ve been overtly sceptical about social networking sites. Come on! Get out into the real world, make flesh-and-blood friends, explore life in all its richness. That kind of reaction. But since I joined [...]
The subject of suicide (assisted or otherwise) just won’t – pardon the pun – lie down and die. Even in a week where I’ve discovered internet sites devoted to book reviews, (eg. www.dovegreyreader.co.uk and www.meandmybigmouth.typepad.com) had a phonecall out of the blue from Angela Rippon’s agent, and had a big breakthrough for the next book, [...]
Would whoever has put a hex on our household please, please, remove it. I don’t know what I’ve done to offend you, but I promise I won’t do it again. The evidence? Within the space of nine days 1. answerphone dies 2. freezer ends a long and productive life (while still completely full, of course) [...]
Wahey!! Good news to report this week. The cover for my next book, Remember Remember, has been designed. And I love it. Just in passing I should say that I’m extremely fortunate in having a publisher who believes in the author having a say in production. They don’t all. It’s a jaded aphorism: ‘Never judge [...]