Two o’clock in Castle Powell was the first thing that sprang to mind for T. It’s the A to Z Challenge, and I’m continuing the illustration theme. I’ve also got at least one of my sketches from my art group
T is for Two o’clock #atoz2025 #booksky
R is for Rannoch Moor #atoz2025 #booksky
Rannoch Moor is one of my favourite places—to think of, and to draw. This is the A to Z Challenge, and I’m continuing the illustration theme, with examples from my books. It’s also MMGM day. Marvellous Middle Grade Mondays, a
Zanzibar’s Rings publication day!
It’s publication day for Zanzibar’s Rings. The final episode of the Viridian System series hits your kindle or iPad or other reader – or your bookshelf if you’ve ordered the paperback. Today I’ve got an exclusive excerpt for you. An
Thursday #writephoto | Glass: Deirdre Goes Boating
Glass was the writephoto prompt from this time last year. I’m trying to catch up with Sue Vincent’s meme while she’s doing other things. I hope she’s doing well and will be back soon. This was the photo prompt: When
Character Wrangling in the Princelings World
Character wrangling is a term I put together when writing my guest post for Ronel Janse van Vuuren today. I was writing of the discovery I made when I started writing the Princelings series, that characters do what they want,
Princelings Revolution published today! #princelings #booklaunch
The day has finally come for the last in the series, which I started writing in the dim dark days of 2008, thanks to inspiration from some guinea pig friends. Today’s post has an extract and a Giveaway, so there’s
#writephoto | Darkness – an excerpt from Princelings 10
Darkness is today’s #writephoto prompt from Sue Vincent. The picture is below. I took my inspiration from the word rather than the picture of dark roiling clouds over a rolling meadow. As soon as I saw the prompt I thought
#writephoto for mid-July | Vista and the Talent Seekers
Vista is Sue Vincent’s prompt for our #Writephoto inspiration this week. Here’s the photo she gave us: I confess I’m fairly sure I know where this vista is. There are several posts on Sue’s blog where I know where she
#writephoto | Causeway – a short excerpt
Causeway is this week’s #writephoto prompt from Sue Vincent. I’ve been a little remiss in fitting in my writephotos. Sorry about that. In fact, I’m cheating anyway, as I’m giving you an excerpt from Chronicles of Marsh. I’m fond of
#FlashbackFriday | The Way West (Humphrey WIP)
It’s FlashbackFriday again, and I’m going for Humphrey when his book was WIP. You can join in by posting your own post from way back when, one you love, or maybe nobody saw, or just something you want to display
Back to editing Corsair, plus an excerpt
Editing Corsair. Yes, I’ve complained about it before, and I’ll complain about it again, but I’m back to the editing board with Curved Space to Corsair. My wonderful new editor has turned the first slash of the red pen around
Friday Flash Excerpt | Real estate problems are the same
Real Estate. That’s Chuck’s theme of the week. It seems a common problem at present; several of my blogging friends are moving, or thinking of doing so. I’m too busy at present to have written a flash fiction for today,
#FlashbackFriday | Humphrey Goes East
Humphrey Goes East was last seen in the A to Z Challenge in 2013. I’d already written this as the prelude to my then book 8 in the Princelings series – which is now book 10, the last one. This
Friday Excerpt: Dylan and Kevin take a trip
Dylan and Kevin are two of the protagonists of my new book The Princelings of the North (book 8 of the Princelings of the East series). I thought today I’d take you a little further into the book, helping you
Book Launch | The Princelings of the North
The Princelings of the North is launched today! Yes, it’s out on all platforms, for a special book launch price. I hope you enjoy it enough to leave a nice review at your purchase site! The Princelings of the North