A local litfest in France

Last weekend, I spent two lovely days at a local literary festival at the village of Saint-Clémentin in the Deux-Sèvres. Guests included Michèle Roberts, Leigh Russell and Blake Morrison, plus a number of local writers and poets.

Walking with poetry – the mill

 

 

There were walks with poetry, writing projects with […]

Cupid’s Way – the new romantic comedy from Joanne Phillips

Now, I don’t normally do book blasts, but this time I’m delighted to make a very special exception. Joanne Phillips is a talented writing friend of mine who’s studying for a creative writing MA and has several successful and very enjoyable books to her credit. She’s also a colleague from the Alliance of Independent Authors, […]

So what does SUCCESSIO mean to me?

Writing a book is hard work but a privilege. Sitting down, slogging away, oblivious to neck and shoulders becoming rigid, you ignore the blurring eyes, the ache creeping up over the crown of your head because you are lost in the imaginary country of your book’s world.

Your characters smell the pines, shiver at the […]