Today I listened to Beethoven’s 9th. Back 32 years ago, in 1989, Christmas Day… there was a pivotal moment in my life that I remember mostly for its symbolism. I was born during the latter stages of WW2, but I … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2021
Among other things (like working on the copy edited MS of my latest book), I have been sorting through the photos and letters that record bits and pieces of my father’s war history.That’s the First World War, not the second. … Continue reading
NEWS : my new book — a standalone — is now with the editor. Not long to wait… In the meantime I’ve been digging into family history, and today came across a newspaper cutting pasted into my mum’s 1988 diary … Continue reading
Sometimes the task seems overwhelming. Which is what I am feeling at the moment. I have to do a final edit on the latest book, and while the story is fine, it’s not in the right order. And the trouble … Continue reading
It has been a long time since I updated my blog…but I am back. OUR SITUATION:A lot has happened, not all of it good, much of it related to the health of my husband and me. And of course, Covid … Continue reading
The difference between Australian, French, German, UK, Russian, US covers of the same book: The marketing people don’t seem to care that they might be misrepresenting the product (which would, one would think, lead to a dissatisfied customer who … Continue reading
Obtaining physical copies of my first trilogy, THE ISLES OF GLORY — The Aware, Gilfeather and The Tainted — may be difficult, but it is easy to buy the ebooks. For example, from Booktopia here in Australia, Amazon and other … Continue reading