It’s been a couple of years since I last posted on my blog. After the huge excitement of republishing some of my books, I had to get back to writing and teaching and haven’t really had much to write about beyond the day-to-day. Next month is going to be exciting and interesting as I’m planning to publish the next instalment in the DI Kate Fletcher series. This one has taken me a few years to write but I’m finally happy with it. It’s the first book I’ll be self-publishing

Now I’m republishing my books I find I’m trying to get into the minds of my new readers to work out what will receive the best response...

Photo credit: Conisbrough Castle Keep by Mike Smith A few years ago, I got into an online discussion with a reader about where I set the...

It’s been a month since I pressed ‘Publish’ on my first self-published novel and it’s been a month of highs and lows. When I was...

Photo credit: Alan Murray-Rust / The last of Denaby Main This month marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1984-85 miners’...

It’s been a few years since I posted anything on social media about my books and even longer since I wrote a blog post. I’ve been through...

I’m trying something different. It’s not a New Year’s resolution or anything like that; it’s something I’ve been working on it for a few...

People often ask me where I get my ideas from and whether what I write is based on my own experience. When I did my first creative...

Kate Fletcher 3 – Bad Seed – was published on February 25th which just happens to be my birthday. It was a strange day because I had two...

I’ve written before about how much I appreciate Carlisle’s book festival, Borderlines. I’ve had the opportunity to hear some of my...