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Dissing History   I was not sure whether I was going to post this.  But I decided that if I’m going to open my mouth, I might as well be

  If you’re observant, you may have noticed that a lot of my posts have the same date on them. That’s not because I wrote them all on the same

  In December, as a holiday freebie, I wrote a story for my readers. If you were not one of my readers in December, or if you missed it, I

  And now for something completely different, as the members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus would undoubtedly say. And of which I suspect this next author might approve.   I

  I want to share something exciting! On Wounds of Woe, the second book in the Nell Nobody trilogy, came back from my editor today! Well, I’m excited, anyway. It means the book

  “A story has no beginning and no end, only points of entry.” Excerpt From The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón   I just finished re-reading The

    October is unfortunately for a lot of people the beginning of cold season. Regardless of the fact that I know the air recirculation and filtering on British Airways

Last November, on a very dark night in North Norfolk when the ground fog drifted across the fields, I looked out across the Burn, across the pasture, and up the

  Ship-type Stuff, or More Tedious Details…     Here’s something I wish every historical fiction author knew:   Gunpowder does not explode.   Black powder (gunpowder) burns very hot

  New Review   The Private Misadventures of Nell Nobody will be reviewed in Booklife, Publishers Weekly’s indy magazine, in the September 25 issue. I received an advance copy of