A Taste of Childhood
Although we have five senses, our memories usually draw on only one or two. A handful of grainy, black & white photographs are all that...
Also Known As ...
A very strange thing happened recently: Twisted Tales, my collection of short stories, started to sell well. It is strange because,...
National Writing Day: The View From My Window.
Preparations for Lydney Yacht Club’s Summer Rally are in full swing and our days have been filled with committee meetings, poster...
Avast Ye! Pevensey the Pirate King has arrived.
After much editing and proofreading, the deed is done! Pevensey the Pirate King is now available from Amazon. I hope to have a few...
A tale of two halves?
This week, The Intrepid Trotter Malloy has had a lot of free publicity, which is just as well, as I never pay to advertise. I subscribe...
Breaking the rules?
Apparently, one of the first rules of writing is that you should never start to write a new book, before finishing the one you are...
The Festival on the Quay
'A light breeze filled the sails as we locked out of the Old Harbour on Saturday morning. Alex O’Connell soon proved that he had the same...
Danger! This page contains dreadful puns!
I’ll tell you no porky-pies, the pig joke competition is turning out to be anything but boar-ing! So far, a few of the jokes are hammy,...
'The Commodore's Dog' ... my next title?
As readers of my children’s books know, everything I write about is based, albeit very loosely, on events in real life. For example, it...
The Intrepid Trotter Malloy
I am pleased to announce the publication of ‘The Intrepid Trotter Malloy’, the third book in the Megan Waterfield Series. It is available...