So, publication day happened and it was, without a doubt, my most favourite publication day to date. A train to London, a tube to Hammersmith and there I occupied my publisher’s desk (as seen on the photo). A Twitter take over, signing a huge pile of books, being interviewed by Bookcunt and then a phone […]

It’s Wednesday evening, it’s the night before the official publication date, it’s already been quite a week. Last night was the Liverpool launch of The ‘Drowning of Arthur Braxton’. Littlest made me smile when she talked about the evening, amazed that everywhere she looked there were smiling people. I like that that’s how she’ll remember […]

It’s Publication Week! I might have to pinch myself that it’s here already, I might be a bit tearful as I realise that I’m a published author again. And today marks the start of a busy week. I’ve got the Liverpool launch on Tuesday evening, then I’ll travel down to London on Thursday morning. I’ll […]

With launches being planned and the novel soon to be printed, the countdown has started. There are just over five weeks until the publication of ‘The Drowning of Arthur Braxton’. This will be my fourth paper novel. I haven’t had a paper novel out for almost three years and in that time I didn’t write […]

With only TEN weeks until publication, I’m THRILLED to be able to reveal the cover for ‘The Drowning of Arthur Braxton’. The plan is to have clear gloss dots all across the front, so you get the cover image but with shiny dots on the front (click on the images to make them larger). There […]

Oh dear, my first blog of the year and it’s almost February. My only excuses being that I’ve tackled two sets of proofs, festivities and illness since last year. So – HAPPY NEW YEAR to you! The lovely Gillian Smellie has invited me to be part of ‘The Next Big Thing blog hop’. This has […]