The Scribbling Sea Serpent

Sometimes life gets in the way of writing and recently I’ve been cutting down on author events. However, I did manage to spare a few hours a...

As you may already know I regularly post over at the Author Allsorts blog - a collaborative blog run by a group of published UK based pictur...

I sometimes wish I’d been published under a pen name. It’s not that I dislike my name – in fact I think it’s a good name. It points clearl...

It's December and we are winding up to Christmas! I love this time of year, I love the mice pies, the mulled wine, carols by candlelig...

There are so many options for writers struggling to find a home for their work. So many different routes to publication. Many authors these ...

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...

Ah, book promotion – that ticklish subject – but something that every author has to think about at some point. Whether you are self-publishe...