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 Weekly fairly recently was ‘fantastic’ and ‘brought a lump to my throat and was such a feel good story’.

It’s wonderful to know that my short stories have had the desired effect!

The story referred to is about the relationships between cousins and the grandmother they share. If you like feel good family stories you might be interested in one of my collections of 24 short stories on this theme. There are 5 books in total, including this one.

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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 my mailing list already, you’ll have received an email with the download link yesterday.

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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

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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 and attention.

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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 nights, strong winds and seemingly endless rain, staying indoors reading cosy stories about fires and summer warmth makes perfect sense.