Category Archives: Ecuador & Galapagos

Went to my first meeting (“My name is Lynne and I’m a hopeless singer…”). Lady from W H Smith, Jan, was there and startled to know she and her dinosaur-loving granddaughter were the subject of a Facebook post.The MD asked … Continue reading →

Excellent conference – a great deal of information, encouragement and – yes – networking with a very informed and encouraging company of speakers: Alison Baverstock – University of Kingston, Gareth Howard – Authoright, James Fine – Amazon, Tracy Bloom – author ‘No-one … Continue reading →

First off the press from Amazon.  Not sure how I feel about the change of cover – may have to reconsider this at a later date. Anyhow, dashed off out to a workshop given by Alysoun Owen, Editor of the … Continue reading →

Very busy week so far – about to publish the paperback of Terrible With Raisins on Amazon with grown up things like ISBN’s and the like. The cover is somewhat different with a rather squashed cake – impossible to format the original … Continue reading →

This appeared while I was away in Symi. If you haven’t read the book, I do hope that this will entice you to download it from Amazon – 5.0 out of 5 stars Jools review, September 26, 2013 By Julian Cope – See all … Continue reading →

Silence over the last couple of weeks due to a long overdue visit to Symi.  Rekindled some old memories, met some acquaintances from 1999 and 2004 and made new friends. Naturally, some promotion of Terrible With Raisins happened and several … Continue reading →

Overnight fame is very overrated… one day, I’ll get to check it out. In the meantime, you could help the slow burn……try taking TERRIBLE WITH RAISINS on holiday with you – or read it in the garden with a chilled … Continue reading →

Terrible With Raisins as a title plus permission for quote from Dorothy Parker awaits the go-ahead from Penguin – have been amassing other possible titles just in case . . . Otherwise, climbing the Kindle formatting mountain. ‘Vanity publishing’ is, … Continue reading →