One of my sadnesses early on in lockdown was feeling like the work of my novel was being washed away by our new reality.
Category: on writing
My Mother is an Artist
The Emerald Bookshelf – new pop up
The Emerald Bookshelf – pop-up at The Falkirk Storytelling Festival
Travelling to the Past
The Naive Face Painter
Goodreads reviews – November
The Chicken Soup Murder by Maria Donovan My rating: 5 of 5 stars The first thing to say about this book is that it is a page turner. I read it in about three sittings over three days. I got captivated early on, not just by the mystery, but also the characters. Maria Donovan brings… Continue reading Goodreads reviews – November
A writer’s guide to reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
How To Feed Your Soul
Have you already lost that New Year glow? That warm fuzzy feeling that this year things will go OK, things will be accomplished. You will be calm, intelligent and accomplished? I reached a proper low around the middle of January. The bottom out involved words like: stomach bug, medical fasting, colonoscopy*, husband projectile vomiting, two… Continue reading How To Feed Your Soul
Cover Art
So much of my communication with the world these days takes place on a screen. Big screens, small screens, in the case of my phone: a repeatedly smashed, repaired, smashed and dropped in the toilet screen. And I am not complaining; computers and phones help me stay in touch with my family and friends in… Continue reading Cover Art