Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Silver and Iron completes the SAGE Trilogy. I reviewed the first, The Fall of Onagros in April 2020 and the second, Bargain with Fate in January. I think I commented about the need to keep track of this amazingly complex
I was beginning to run low on bookmarks for my stall at the craft fairs. It acts as my business card, and judging by my online sales, it does have some effect. I wouldn’t say they have shot up, but
It’s a nice cemetery. Not all ghoulish, and crusty crooked headstones. Hang on, I haven’t started the fiction yet. This is today’s #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2writing.com, coming in at just under 1000 words. Okay, you can read
The Empire came up on NetGalley’s list, and I liked the sound of it. With other celebrity authors, though, I’ve had trouble getting rid of their voice. Would Michael Ball be different? The only way to find out is to
This walk on the South Side of the Thames happened during the mourning period for the late Queen Elizabeth. It was the Thursday, the first full day of the Lying-in-State event. Rumours of queues five and more miles long, queuing
Woodland is this week’s writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. I did hear someone say they thought this a less-than-inspiring picture, but I delved into the depths of those watery shadows straightaway. This is around 750 words, and a
Flavia Albia is the daughter (adopted) of Falco, Lindsey Davis’s original serial Ancient Rome informer. Flavia Albia is a chip off the old block. Having worked through 20 Falco books, reviewing the later ones (I started in the 1990s probably),
A question about my favourite genre this month for the IWSG question of the month. Tonja Drecker, Victoria Marie Lees, Mary Aalgaard, and Sandra Cox! What is my favourite genre? Despite starting out writing gentle, clean, interesting mysteries set in a fantasy world populated
Tower, and a lovely one, is the #writephoto prompt for this week from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. It’s the second tower we’ve had, but it’s very different from the last, which starred Prince Engineer George. So this my story, just
He Knew He was Right is subtitled ‘the irrepressible life of James Lovelock’. I discovered James Lovelock’s theory of Gaia over 20 years ago, and although I acquired several of his books, never actually got around to reading them. I
September Updates for my Reading Challenges – already? I suppose so. I have been reading a lot of books this year. Overall – my Goodreads Reading Challenge When I set myself the task of reading 52, one a week, to
Farming. That is a really difficult prompt this week from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. Of course, my colleagues will come up with brilliant takes on the idea. People I meet at craft fairs ask where my ideas come from. Without
Bleeding Heart Yard is the third Harbinder Kaur crime thriller from Elly Griffiths. Thank you, NetGalley and Quercus Books for the ARC. I’m delighted this series is extending – read my reviews of The Stranger Diaries and the Postscript Murders
This is How You Lose the Time War. It sounds so intriguing, and I’d heard great things of it. And of course, I had to add it to my list for the Spacetime reading challenge! This is How You Lose
The red door. I’ve always thought red a great colour for a front door, although I’ve never used it. This is the prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com for this week’s #writephoto. I’m posting this 870 word flash fiction a