On the Nose
After one of the longest periods of settled weather for many years, the rain arrived today. As a gardener, I was delighted that it...
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...
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...
World Book Day
It’s hard to believe that World Book Day is twenty years old today. I remember the first year very well, as I thought my Deputy Head...
Larger than life and stranger than fiction.
People often ask, "Who is ..." and I always answer truthfully that each of my characters is everyone and yet, no-one. Our daily...
The end of an era … and the beginning of the next.
Time has passed all too quickly and I have now reached the point when I am able to make a ‘big cheque’ presentation to Macmillan Cancer...
Everyone's a critic!
My beautiful assistant has already 'unwrapped' three presents, eaten a gift tag and attacked Chapter 3, as it came off the printer. I...
