The long and winding road that leads to your door Will never disappear, I’ve seen that road before It always leads me here, leads me to your door (Lennon-Mcartney)   At my recent book signing for Honor’s Shadow in paperback at David’s Book Shop in Letchworth Garden City, I began my talk to the audience with a story from my own childhood.   When I was eight years old, Mr Roberts, the headmaster at my junior school, asked me to …

It’s a specially exciting day today, with the launch of Honor’s Shadow in paperback… and last week I had the pleasure of talking about Honor’s Shadow at the Marlow FM book club.  My interviewers, Clare Bones and Vanessa Woolley, read Honor’s Shadow last year, in the hardback edition, and are fans of the book, so it was a great pleasure to talk to them.  You can listen to the ten minute interview at  Marlow FM (4 May 2012) final The …

  When writing a novel, I like to find images and pieces of music that inspire me. The picture above, entitled, The Kiss2 is by Andrius Kovelinas and I am considering this as a possible cover image for Honor’s Ghost.  See more of Andrius’ inspiring artwork HERE. What’s Lucky 7 all about?  A bit of a game for writer tweet mates… and something of a displacement activity … but good fun! Jane Rusbridge tagged me. She’s a writer and blogs …

     ”Regret is based on a GIANT assumption; that if something in the past had been different, then things would have been better.” Ian Lawton “people who dwell on their past with regret or bitterness are more likely to fall ill in the future” University of Granada research study     This study hit the news this week; and I was asked to comment, as a psychologist, on Nick Ferrari’s LBC radio programme. You can listen to the clip …