Poetry and Writing – Middle-Aged Warrior

A Summer of Irritating Events

It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster – lactating dogs, Covid, and rain.

Teaching in a Pandemic, Book Covers, and a Giveaway

Thank God for half term. Teaching in a pandemic hasn’t been a picnic but oh, my goodness, making sure the pupils get their GCSEs is an absolute nightmare! I am pretty sure it’s the same in all schools, but certainly in mine, teachers are having to set, mark, and moderate pupils’ assessments then once that’s […]

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Goodreads Giveaway!

I’ve not done this before and I must first apologise profusely to anyone reading this who is not in the US. For some reason this offer is only available to Americans so I’m really sorry you can’t enter this is you are anywhere else! However, I am running a competition on my Facebook page to […]

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Spring, a Bad Dog, and a Book!

The daffodils are out, the sun it out, and SO IS MY NEW BOOK!

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‘The Woman and the Witch’ to join Amazon Prime Reading!

Amazon asked my book to join the Amazon Prime Reading programme (yay!) and my thoughts on some skin products and a great lipstick.

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Spring Mornings, Fish, and an Interview!

Well, what a year its been already. The first and most exciting thing I need to share is that the utterly marvellous Kate Kenzie (You can find her blog here) has written not one but TWO blog posts about me and my book ‘The Woman and the Witch’. Still available here (apologies for the shameless […]

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It’s Never Too Late

It’s never too late to follow your dream, trust me, I never thought I’d finish my novel – let alone publish it.

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Come to my Book Signing!

I’ve been invited to a ‘Meet the Author’ book signing event in my favourite shop and I am very excited about it.

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August Ramblings, Reviews and Recommendations

Oh dear, it’s the tail end of the summer holidays and I am now staring down the barrel of the gun that is the start of term. In many ways I am really looking forward to it – the main one being I don’t think I can stay in the same house as my beloved […]

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Coming out of Lockdown

Coming out of Lockdown! Tennis Elbow, Dogs, Children. Trying to get back to normal after four months of eating crisps and no exercise.