How to leave a review

by | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized

Thanks to everyone for buying a copy of frenzship. I’m getting great feedback about it, so thanks for that too! The most important thing for me now to help the ‘campaign’ is to get book reviews on the most significant websites. This process can appear a bit daunting...

It’s All About Connection

by | Jun 4, 2017 | Uncategorized

As I pass my time in the new and scary world of frenzship’s psychosocial media, I get to thinking about new ways of doing things. How do we make a connection? Nearly everyone I meet in what was once called the real world, says I hear your new book is out. Some...

The Story of frenzship

by | May 11, 2017 | Blog, Books, Frenzship

Writing novels is essentially an indulgence. My first book, Reality, gave me the opportunity to address one of my bugbears – that people these days seem to blame everyone but themselves for the things that happen to them. Writing it also gave me the opportunity to...
Challenges and Opportunities

Challenges and Opportunities

by | May 4, 2017 | Blog, Books, Frenzship

Challenges and Opportunities I’m very much enjoying the challenges and opportunities involved in the independent publishing of my second novel. I decided to go this way to test myself and to learn more about the writing and publishing industries. It wasn’t an easy...
Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival

Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival

by | May 23, 2016 | Blog

Come along to my session entitled, ‘The Kitchen Table v The Information Age’, at 11.50am on Friday, 3 June. I will be talking to Ian Andrew from Bookreality about Reality and themes from the manuscript I have just finished about the meaning of friendship...
Doing the hard yards on the editor’s feedback

Doing the hard yards on the editor’s feedback

by | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog

Call me old-fashioned, but when it comes to dealing with complicated editing, give me pen and paper anytime. I find it quite exciting responding to the editorial critique. I have great respect for my editor at Fremantle Press so I know the hard work is good for me and...
Literature at the deep end

Literature at the deep end

by | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog

If only I had time to lie twisting by the pool like Caryl who sent me this photo! I’m glad to say I am making real progress with my Fremantle Press editor on my next book about the meaning of friendship in the modern world. She has given me really useful...