Category: Ramblings

Works in progress – painting seascapes and the ‘white slaves’ of Victorian England .

July 16, 2019

After a month or two not sure what I was going to write after publishing my historical novel, Kindred and Affinity, http://mybook.to/KindredandAffinity or even if I was going to write another book, I find myself with two works in progress. The first is an instructional book about painting watercolour seascapes – having been painting the … More Works in progress – painting seascapes and the ‘white slaves’ of Victorian England .

While I was away…

April 30, 2019

WordPress have changed while I wasn’t looking. it seems to be the way of things – you just find something you like or get on with really well, and hey presto, someone ‘improves’ it to destruction. Facebook have improved themselves to the point where being an author and trying to share books to groups is … More While I was away…

#WorldBookDay

March 7, 2019

It’s odd how books make a lasting impression on you. Even their titles do when you haven’t actually read the book. They conjure places you’ve never been, events you haven’t experienced, and characters you’ve never met – though you’ve probably met people like them. I can remember my mother’s bookshelves when I was a child. … More #WorldBookDay

Holocaust Memorial Day – Sunday 27th January 2019

January 17, 2019

It is seventy-four years since the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops on January 27th 1945. Every year since writing Touching the Wire, I have donated January’s royalties for sales and page reads of the novel to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Why? When I first had the inspiration to write about the Holocaust, I … More Holocaust Memorial Day – Sunday 27th January 2019