Books for a wet and windy night?
Last night it poured. Most of the night in fact, which in my house doesn't lend itself to a good night's sleep as we sleep under the eaves and have…
Kindle 1600s style.
If you think that the idea of being able to travel with a whole library of books came in with the invention of the Kindle, think again. The Bodleian Library…
The Crusades – Complex History
I have to confess to be woefully ignorant about the history of the Crusades, but articles like this one really whet my appetite to know more. What it instantly shows…
Freebie – final figures
It's been an exciting week - starting last Thursday when Capercaillie set Turn of the Tide to free download until Tuesday night. As I watched the book soar up the…
When you hit a dry spell…
Here's some good advice from Suzanne Lakin on how to get through a dry spell in your writing and turn a negative into a positive. The short story is something…
MM Bennetts
It was with great sadness that I learnt that MM Bennetts had passed away on the 25th August 2014. She was a fine writer and a lovely person who will…
Weather, word count and (the vagaries of) WordPress
Yesterday it rained, seriously rained, and not realising that an online friend was living in France I got worried when she talked of a forecast of another week of heavy…
Money, money, money…
Latest hoard of coins to be found in a Derbyshire cave is declared 'treasure'. Fascinating collection, but interesting to me for another reason. Once, when taking part in a rescue…
Is it me?
Someone recently asked me, having just finished reading Turn of the Tide, if Kate (the wife of my main character) was me? I can honestly say that thought had never…
If you think 17th c miners were uneducated – think again!
Tom Williams talks about lead mining in 17thc Scotland - I'm glad I was a child in the latter part of the 20thc!! I haven't visited Leadhills (on my to…