Book openings

I haven't blogged in a long time, for a variety of reasons, but I was recently given an idea for a post by a friend, thank you Anna Faversham, so here I am doing that post. Over the past five and a half years I have published 9 books in multiple genres and one question...

Cover reveal and sample

Paperback cover for The Curious Cousins and the Smugglers of Bligh Island Two and a half years in the works, and still not finished yet, I am finally ready to give a preview of my upcoming release, The Curious Cousins and the Smugglers of Bligh Island. Inspired by Enid Blyton's Famous Five books, and adapted...

A Preview of Coming Attractions 1

It's been a while since I have published anything, and i'm sure my many readers and followers have been eagerly awaiting news of my next project, and hopefully news of book 6 in the Inspector Stone Mysteries. I have good news and bad news on the Inspector Stone front. First, the good. There is going...

Notes from the Field: Creating a Group Anthology – BookWorks

Source: Notes from the Field: Creating a Group Anthology - BookWorks

An Agatha Christie Style Murder Mystery

Available for pre-order A Stone’s Throw Inspector Stone Mysteries #5 A dead body really ruins your holiday. During a much-needed break in Devon, Inspector Nathan Stone finds himself at the centre of a murder investigation when the wife of the owner of the hotel is found killed. The last person to see her alive, he...

An Agatha Christie style murder mystery

Available for pre-order A Stone's Throw Inspector Stone Mysteries #5 A dead body really ruins your holiday. During a much-needed break in Devon, Inspector Nathan Stone finds himself at the centre of a murder investigation when the wife of the owner of the hotel is found killed. The last person to see her alive, he...

THE END…It’s only the beginning for a writer.

THE END, two words that carry a large emotional load for a writer. For some writers, typing THE END, whether literally or figuratively, brings an enormous sense of relief because they have finally finished working on a project that might well have been a struggle, while for others there is a tremendous sense of loss...

If you could turn back time and change your life, would you?

Would you change your life? This is something I’ve thought about from time to time and, temporarily at least, I feel as though I’ve come up with my own personal answer. We all have thinks we regret, thing we have either said or done, or things we have not said or done, but would we...

Molehills everywhere, but not a mountain in sight.

As someone who suffers from stress, anxiety and depression I have always found it easy in the past to turn the smallest of molehills in the largest of mountains. No matter what happened I was likely to view a problem as the worst thing to ever happen to me, with the all too real possibility...

Into The Fire: Inspector Stone Mysteries #4 – Cover reveal and preview

I've been working hard on the 4th book in my Inspector Stone Mysteries series and I am now getting close to the point where I will be making it available for pre-order. Just today I have received the cover files for the book from my designers, the fabulous http://www.derangeddoctordesign.com/ and my immediate thought was to reveal...