Creative Arts in the community

This isn’t the blog I intended to write. The sun was out on an early spring day and all felt well in my world. I have written before about the talented writers in Leamington, in the West Midlands and beyond. Many are commercially successful and/or winners of...

A Change of Perspective

For the past few weeks I have been working on what I hope will be the final draft of my latest novel. I began writing it with the intention of focusing on the race riots in Hull in the mid-summer of 1920. Early on it became evident there was insufficient historical...

On second chances

Our garden in winter In January we had bad weather in the sheltered Midlands: (not counting the 5 minutes of snow which melted as it fell), bitterly cold winds and icy rain for several consecutive days.During this time I didn’t venture down the garden, limited...

Taking risks – writing and reading

Where to start? A new year can give a opportunity to review the past year, decide where changes need to be made, and then, we’re off. By mid-January either I’m exhausted or I’ve given up and pretend my life was good enough. This morning I’m...

Betwixt and between…

A happy 2026 to all my readers! Setting sun mid-winter in Lillington, Leamington Spa I have three projects on the go. 1. Writing the 4th draft on the novel, Kaleidoscope; 2. Submitting my completed novel, to potential agents and or publishers; 3. Write a blog. Like...