The Scribbling Sea Serpent

Pitch Wars is an annual event run by Brenda Drake which offers aspiring authors the opportunity to work with a mentor on their manuscripts a...

Every so often twitter fills up with people pitching their novels in twitter pitch contests. I watch these with interest and sometimes take ...

Very excited that my latest novel, an adult thriller, has been shorlisted for the Deviant Minds Writing Prize run by Corvus Books and AM He...

The Yeovil Literary Festival is in full swing, packed with all sorts of exciting authors and events. I was up there yesterday and today and...

The 2016 Yeovil Literary Festival runs from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd October with a fantastic selection of authors and events to wet your...

Today, at last, I am able to tell you some very exciting news. My short story, “A Legend of Flight” has come first – yes FIRST – in the shor...

About a year ago I became involved with an exciting initiative from the Dorset Writers Network . The idea was to run a series of writing wor...

On a bright but bitter February morning I was joined in my local village hall by thirteen eager writers. The reason for this? Well, the Dors...

Over the next few weeks the Dorset Writers Network will be running a series of short story writing workshops in various rural locations ...

Judging a competition is never an easy task, and that was why I was so glad to be joined by fellow Dorset authors Penny Deacon and Laura Ja...

Today I am guest blogger over at the Words for the Wounded Blog talking about my journey into children’s fiction and listing my top tips for...

Have you had a chance to read Red Rock yet? Do you like the way both the title and my name are examples of alliteration? So in order to ce...

Last night I was at the Beach and Barnicott in Bridport for the 2013 story slam, organised by Frances Colville and Kathy Hallsworth, where I...

It's Armistice Day, and I hope you will all pause and spare a thought for the brave men and women who have given their lives in conflict...

Have your seen this amazing opportunity? A few months ago Ruth Lauren Steven and Michelle Krys opened the doors to children’s authors with...

Here’s an amazing opportunity for any children’s authors living in the UK or Ireland who write humour! The Greenhouse Funny Prize And ju...

During the past few days this stunning house in Somerset has been the venue for the first ever Brympton Festival . The first day, Fri...

There’s an exciting new Festival coming to Somerset – The Brympton festival which will include literature, music and art as well as fine foo...

The snow is melting as the year draws to a close. 2010 has been an exciting year for me as far as my writing is concerned - signing with an ...

Last night I went along to the annual Booker Debate held at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil, where a panel of readers gave their reviews of th...