Where’s My Plaid? – Lovely new review for Turn of the Tide
Sometimes you get one of those reviews that really lifts your spirits and you know that what you've written has given a lot of enjoyment to a reader - this…
Escape to the Country – then and now…
I have to confess to a mild (my husband would say serious) and long-standing addiction to house programmes on the TV – buying houses, selling houses, renovating houses…even cleaning houses.…
My Writing Year – 2014
Due to circumstances beyond my control (genuinely and very frustratingly) I found myself unable to continue with the sequel to Turn of the Tide in the first half of 2014.…
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…
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…
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…
‘Imaginative people have messy minds’
So says the Huffington Post. It also says that creative folk - daydream (a good excuse then) - are good observers - enjoy solitude - seek new experiences - are…
More inspiring medium?
When I'm struggling on my laptop and my characters have gone awol and the next part of the plot is eluding me would I be more inspired if I was…