I first met Laura Lyndhurst on a Facebook page called "Best Book Editors: Authors, Readers, Others Welcome", and we soon became friends. The group is a great place for meeting other authors and finding new books to read. I know Laura is a busy lady and so I’m...
I recently paid a visit to Great Torrington, a small market town in the north of Devon. The town is sited on an ancient settlement on high ground with a steep drop to the River Torridge below. The Castle remains are surrounded by spectacular views of unspoilt green...
Hello and welcome to my August Newsletter. Well, what a hot and dry month July turned out to be! The soil in my back garden is quite shallow, so I've had to do a lot of watering to keep my plants alive. Goodness knows what our water bill will be,...
Hello and welcome to my July Newsletter Those of you who know me best will know how fond I am of my garden and I couldn't resist adding a photo of this flower bed. It's looked lovely for weeks with self-seeded foxgloves and Welsh...
Found on the northern edge of Exmoor, two of my favourite places to visit locally are the picturesque twin villages of Lynton and Lynmouth. As the name suggests, Lynmouth lies at sea level at the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge some 700 feet...
Hello and welcome to my June Newsletter. Like many people, after over two years of barely going anywhere, we have recently had a couple of short breaks. In April we spent a couple of days in Great Malvern, a place we had never been before...
I first met this month’s guest on social media through our shared interest in reading and writing. She has published two books so far and is busy working on the third so I’m pleased she has agreed to have a chat with me. Good morning, Beverley, I thought we might...
Hello and welcome to my May Newsletter. May is my favourite month of the year because everything is so fresh and green and I love the plants that flower now - primroses, bluebells, and wood anemones. Over the Easter weekend, we went for a local walk...
I first met this month’s guest when he read my debut book, The Mazzard Tree and wrote a lovely five-star review. We became friends on social media through our shared interest in reading and writing. Shiv writes under the name S S Saywack and I know his writing career...
Hello and welcome to my April Newsletter. I always thought the month of March was supposed to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, but it seems to have been the opposite this year. We had some lovely warm sunny weather in the middle of the month but...
I first met this month’s guest on social media through our shared interest in reading and writing, and we quickly became friends. As well as several short stories, Pam has written six books which she will tell you more about. A while ago I read and enjoyed No Stone...
