RECTOR HALL WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY!

Yes, yes, we know the Christmas carol goes, “Deck the Halls, etc, but this blog title comes from a line in our current WIP, Fatal Fungus, the second in the WinDarl cosy mystery books. The line pertains to the rector, Reverend Reginald Hall, a larger-than-life...

AUTUMN BATHING

Autumn’s golden gown. A spectacular, vibrant vista. Rich reds and russets, rustic revelry, dancing leaves, nature drifting into slumber. Amid this mesmerising season of texture and tone, bejewelled Mother Nature wears her coat of many colours and whispers to me in...

BATHING THE MIND

Mental health. A tricky subject. There are many who gloss over it and others who worry endlessly. I’m more the latter, and it’s done me no good. In the last few years, I’ve taken the issue more seriously. Why? Because I realise the importance of looking after myself....

PUBLISHING A BOOK—MY WAY!

Where do I start? How do I get the ideas? The characters? The inspiration and drive to write, when ultimately, I’ll cast my effort into a saturated market, not knowing whether it will vanish in a plethora of pages and a whirlpool of words. Foreboding, scary stuff,...

A WINDY DRAFT

Both fun and challenging, the first draft of Deadly Dough took seven months to write, give or take a few hours. In those months, we went through all the emotions that doubtless hit all fiction writers. Was the plot strong enough? Were the characters memorable? Would...

TWITTERING, TUBING, AND TIKKING THE TOK

Yikes! That header sounds a bit scary. As does a book with a face, a gram of insta, and a whole bunch of linking and pinning. Someone said to try snapping a chat or gigging on read it. But we haven’t published, so, nobody’s read it. Except us, and our eagle-eyed...