The Scribbling Sea Serpent

We wandered through the village towards the Abbey ruins and pushed open an iron gate to take another path; through the cemetery, past the gr...

It’s too easy to get into a writing rut – to stay in your comfort zone. But sometimes you need to step out of that zone, to push the boundar...

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 ...