As soon as the mist cleared and the sun came out I decided to go for a long walk the other morning, through the woods and across the nearby heath which is also a Wild-life Reserve.  I am so lucky to live near plenty of places to walk; woods, heathland and also through the grounds of some of the most […]

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Well, I don’t know what is wrong with me this week.  I had great intentions of writing a few short stories and possibly trying to publish them on ‘Smashwords’ or similar.  I see so many author colleagues doing it I am seriously considered using them. One has sold 24,000 copies of her book in about 8 months! Then I was […]

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Spent all morning trying to access this account and kept getting password rejections and then user rejections and yet nothing has changed as far as I know.  Totally confused by all these obstacles which prevent me from getting down to writing and updating things. Life is just one huge password/pin number hassle and then there are the secret questions and […]

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  I had the best of intentions today, set up this blog – everyone has said I should have one – and then get some writing done. I need to revisit my Ms Birdsong Investigates story and do some edits and some rewriting.  Having been away and then ill for the best part of 2012 I really need to get […]

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Two years ago I had the opportunity of writing some short stories which (eventually) I want to compile into a book.  These stories are called ‘God’s Waiting Room’ and are based on various situations arising whilst waiting for the bus in a little village full of  wonderful characters.  The stories are mainly funny but some are touched with some sorrow. […]

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