The Scribbling Sea Serpent

The Book The title story deals with the bizarre case of a disgraced professor of anthropology, Merrigan Blake, and her museum of sacred phal...

The Book Can the dead talk to the living? Surrey, England, 2019 Tennessee soldier Maurice ‘Mouse’ Forsyth has been watching over Brookwood C...

The Book Buddhism can sometimes come across a s abstract and philosophical, but it has a strongly practical side too – and that’s what this ...

Every author knows the challenge of finding a publisher, and every published author knows that the next, and perhaps even greater challen...

Today I would like to welcome David Pipe to The Scribbling Sea Serpent, to talk about how Cornwall inspired his debut novel, Sacrificing Sta...

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 festive season is upon us and for many this is a time for giving – and of course – what better to give than a book! Books really do make...

My good friend Laura E James celebrated the launch of her second Romance novel, Follow Me Follow You (published by ChocLit) at the weekend...

Please welcome children’s author Amanda Hatter who has just released her first book – Callum Fox and the Mousehole Ghost, and she has kind...

  Sara Crowe’s debut YA novel, Bone Jack, is one I have been eagerly awaiting for some time, and suffice to say it’s lived up to everyth...

Who would have thought that I would find myself taking part in an author event at Sand Sculpture Festival, but last weeken...

You know your life has hit rock bottom when you’re living off cooked rats and showering once every few months—if you’re lucky. But for Jac...

It’s that time of year again. Everyone is running around wondering what to buy for nephews and nieces, parents and grandparents, aunts and u...

Please Welcome Sue Yockney to my blog. Sue is a friend from a local writers group and she has just self published a dystopian romance, ‘Ha...

There are some really exciting looking books coming out next month – Books that I might just have to pre-order through my local  branch of ...

Hello Gillian and welcome to my blog. I’m right in the middle of reading The Charter and I’m loving it, so could you tell us a bit about ...

I was tagged to be a part of this meme by Thomas Taylor, whose own version appeared last Wednesday. (It’s a Wednesday thing.) It’s an oppor...

My new kindle arrived the other day. I haven’t had a kindle before. I have a kindle app on my ipad, and when I got it I downloaded a coupl...

But not just any authors - I'm talking about Greenhouse authors. Last weekend I was in Bournemouth with my daughter and by fortuito...

Please welcome three past Yeovil Prize winners - Terri Armstrong , Jackie Gingell and Babs Morton – in fact the very same three authors wh...