A crag is a steep or rugged rock. Craggy can refer to a human face or the landscape and means rugged or rough textured. There are other versions of the word, for example in Scotland* the scenery got craggier as we approached the highlands, it was craggiest on Skye where the landscape is craggily magnificent. Btw the pictures are all to illustrate craggy landscapes. It's purely coincidental that the … Continue reading Wednesday word of the week – Craggy
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My Weekly made my day!
I have a story in the current My Weekly Special. Isn't that a fun illustration? Of course I'm very pleased to have a story published, but it's actually something in another issue which has really made me happy. A reader has written in to say that a different story of mine, published in My … Continue reading My Weekly made my day!
Something new
I've created a short ebook, The Inside Scoop And Stories From Little Mallow, as a kind of introduction to my cosy mystery series (which I'll be launching next year). This book isn't for sale, but you can get a free copy by using the form below to sign up for my newsletter. If you're on … Continue reading Something new
Books I read and enjoyed in November
For a variety of reasons I didn't get much reading time last month. I managed to squeeze one in though, and if your tastes match mine, you may enjoy this – Death At Warbler's End - Bellamy Beck
Bargain book apparently
My short story collection Over The Garden Fence is currently reduced to 99p (99c) I'm not sure why it is. Quite possibly it's something I set up a while ago and forgot about. There's some non writing related stuff going on in my life right now and it's taking up a lot of my time … Continue reading Bargain book apparently
Nearly topical
I'm very happy to have a couple of stories in the current (December) issue of Take A Break's Fiction Feast. One is set on bonfire night and the other during the summer. Initially I thought that was odd timing, but after having two named storms in quick succession I've changed my mind. With the dark … Continue reading Nearly topical
Piece of Pie
One of my short stories is currently available to read on the My Weekly website.
A really good week!
I seem to be in all the magazines this week. I knew I had one each in Woman's Weekly, The Weekly News and Take A Break's Fiction Feast, plus two in Woman's Weekly Fiction Special – then today's post brought a complementary copy of Swedish magazine Allas, also containing one of my stories. I can't … Continue reading A really good week!