Month: April 2025

We had a stunted April, thanks to the bank holidays and our mammoth road trip. I still got quite a lot done, though. April wrap-up! Here, then, is how April…

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Beautiful Remains by Gwyn Bennett. This…

It’s publication day today for my VERY SHORT STORY The Mucky Duck, Flash Fiction #14.  In 2023, I started a writing challenge. The challenge was to write 12 short stories…

In the days leading up to Easter, I was busy doing a ton of stuff. Time was running out on me and I had a lot to do. A lot….

The weather changed on the Tuesday before Easter, which foiled my plans for getting all the washing dry. But I’d had a good run. It didn’t rain in the end,…

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of A Time to Change by Callie…

It’s Easter Monday in the UK today. We’re not religious, but it is a public holiday, and we’re taking it. I hope you had a happy and peaceful Easter weekend….

It’s Good Friday in the UK today. We’re not religious, but it is a public holiday, and we’re taking it. I wish you a happy and peaceful Easter.

It’s publication day today for Words Worth Reading Issue 3, my quarterly bookazine. This quarter the bookazine contains three brand-new and exclusive short stories: Elvis is Missing; The Battle of…

After a relatively active Sunday, I did think I’d be in agony Monday morning. But I wasn’t. Always good to start the day with a bonus. Even better to start…

The weekend was a full and busy one and even felt a bit hectic, even though we steadily plodded our way through everything that needed doing. Saturday Saturday didn’t start…

Oh my gosh, I got a lot done on Friday morning. I was up with the poet and making phone calls to do all sorts of things. Order our repeat…

We had to get up early yesterday morning to take the campervan to our mechanic as he was going to reset the radio code for us. We’d tried everything all…

While I was so busy fannying around with spreadsheets, I forgot to mention that The Life of Richard Cadbury has finally been released as a paperback. Just in time for…

After a busy week and a full weekend, I was amazed I was even up on time on Monday morning. I could have slept for another hour. But I had…

Despite Friday night being a gig night, we were up relatively early on Saturday because we had a lot to do. Well, a big job that would take some time….

I had such big intentions for Friday morning after wasting the entire day on Thursday. And then I slept in. Only by an hour, but I still had all of…

So yesterday started really well with all the usual chores. I hung a washload out, put another one through, fed and watered the garden birds, emptied the dishwasher, started to…

Tuesday was such a busy day, I wanted to take it easier on Wednesday. But there were more jobs on the to-do list and one of them took longer than…

…this is a long one. Friday Friday seems such a long time ago now. I was still working on The Christmas Tree Mystery, but I had to finish work early…

As I was, as ever, busy on the last day of the month, I’ll do a proper full weekend catchup tomorrow. I will say one thing, however… It was quite…