Wednesday 4 February 2026: Thursday & Friday
Thursday I had a really bad start to the day on Thursday. A pain in my side woke me up at around 2:30am and it took some time to get…
Tuesday 3 February 2026: Hello, February!
I ummed and ahhed a bit about February’s workload and whether or not to include some new short stories. I knew I was already committed to one (12 stories in…
Monday 2 February 2026: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for my standalone SHORT STORY Deadly Deeds in Morecambe Bay. The story, featuring Mavis Braithwaite, also appears in Words Worth Reading: Issue Six. You can buy…
Friday 30 January 2026: January wrap-up
I got the January schedule pretty much spot on, but then I didn’t have a lot of spare time in which to do any extras. I didn’t quite get the…
Thursday 29 January 2026: I finished a short story
Woke up yesterday to a big blue sky, sunshine, and frost. The rain seemed a distant memory, until I went out later and saw the aftermath of some of the…
Wednesday 28 January 2026: Busy day
We had a bit of a rough night after Storm Chandra made landfall. America freezes and the United Kingdom floods! Is Australia on fire? The worst of the rain hasn’t…
Tuesday 27 January 2026: Rant alert…
Friday began with another trip to the hospital. My appointment was slightly later this time, due to the appointments confusion now remedied. But that meant I could have my full…
Book Review: Last to Die by Doug Sinclair
Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Last to Die by Doug Sinclair. Book 2 in the DS Malkie McCulloch…
Friday 23 January 2026: eReading and eReaders
And there were are. Friday already. Again. At least it’s still January! I forgot to mention in yesterday’s blog post, but as I was on my way out to the…
Thursday 22 January 2026: Exercising my driving muscle
I had a much better night on Tuesday. The puppy let me sleep until 5am! Yay! When I got up a bit later and opened the living room curtains, the…
Wednesday 21 January 2026: Roof man here
I had to get up early yesterday because the roof man was apparently coming. He’d warned it was weather-dependent and as it hasn’t really stopped raining (or snowing for a…
Tuesday 20 January 2026: Weekend catch-up
Grab yourself a cuppa and pull up a chair… Friday Because my appointments at the hospital had been messed up, Friday’s appointment was quite early in the morning. The poet…
Monday 19 January 2026: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for my standalone SHORT STORY A Day at the Races. The story, featuring Marcie Craig, also appears in Words Worth Reading: Issue Six. You can buy…
Friday 16 January 2026: Late again…
I had another disturbed night on Wednesday, but this time it was just me waking myself up, coughing. For the most part, everyone ignored me, but I did have to…
Thursday 15 January 2026: Um, rabbit hole, anyone?
I had a lot of work planned for yesterday. I had a short story to outline. I had a workshop to revise. I had a book to edit. And I…
Wednesday 14 January 2026: Steady work
So yesterday I was bragging a bit about neither of us feeling particular blue because our respective football (soccer) teams both won in the FA Cup round at the weekend….
Tuesday 13 January 2026: Blue Monday?
I had a bit of a cough all last week but by Friday evening it was starting to be a bit more. By Saturday morning I was barking like a…
Monday 12 January 2026: Appointment mess
Friday morning meant another trip to Rotherham for another light therapy session. Because it seems to be working, I wanted to find out what would happen if we stopped at…
Friday 9 January 2026: Friday already
I managed to catch up on quite a lot yesterday, which is good because there was a lot I didn’t do on Wednesday. The day started well with both dogs…
Thursday 8 January 2026: Rabbit holes…
Wednesday began a little later than it should have done due to the dogs having us up a few times in the night. Puppy has had a touch of the…
Wednesday 7 January 2026: Automatic ball machine
Although, technically, I had 3 weeks off over Christmas, for the first week I worked, as previously mentioned. That gave us 2 weeks for the actual holiday. However, we didn’t…
Tuesday 6 January 2026: Hello, January!
Soooo, I’m still attending light therapy treatment 3 times a week, so that’s still dictating a lot of my working week at the moment. One job that will now drop…
Monday 5 January 2026: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for my BOOKAZINE Words Worth Reading: Issue Six. In this issue: Short Story: A Day at the Races, featuring Marcie Craig Short Story: Valentine’s Date Complete…
Friday 2 January 2025: December wrap-up!
I’m not going to do a wrap-up for 2025 this year. Most of you have all already seen it all anyway and I don’t want to bore anyone. Here, though,…


































