Publication Day!
As usual I’m a bit busy, but that still doesn’t interrupt the publishing schedule. Today, Five Third Age Short Stories is published! This is a collection of, well, five short…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 17 June
Chapter 24: Week commencing Friday 17 June Friday I finally did some ghostwriting on Friday, having first got around the real names and places issue that was obviously bothering me….
Publishing Challenge! Mid-term update
Back in October 2021, I set myself a challenge to publish a book a week for a year. This could be a short story, a collection of short stories, a…
Publication Day!
No publishing challenge post again today as I’ve been stupidly busy – again! The short story That’s What Friends Are For is out today! This is a brand-new story that’s…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 10 June
Chapter 23: Week commencing Friday 10 June I’m back to normal again this week, starting the diary on a Friday. Hopefully everything else is back to normal too. Friday I…
The portable garden this week: 16 June 2022
The weedkiller isn’t only not working, it’s not even coming close. I know that our gravel patch isn’t strictly part of the portable garden, but it is part of the…
Newsletter News!
I finally have newsletter news! Please sign up if you haven’t already. Thanks to all of the subscribers patiently waiting for a newsletter from me. After several months of dithering,…
Publication Day!
No publishing challenge post again today as I’ve been stupidly busy. One day – one day – I *will* manage my time and my workload a lot better. In the…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Wed 1 June
Chapter 22: Week commencing Wednesday 1 June Last week’s diary should have finished on Wednesday, but I was so busy I didn’t have time to go into detail. I’ll do…
I went AWOL again…
…only this time, we had advance warning so were able to prepare. After years and years of trying this or that or something else, the poet finally had his operation…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 27 May
Chapter 21: Week commencing Friday 27 May There’s no portable garden post this week as we finished yesterday for the extra-long weekend and I’m publishing instead this week’s Diary of…
Writing Prompts: 1 June 2022
I try to work roughly 4 months ahead because the majority of my writing markets are quick to take work from me and publish it. Many markets, however, already have…
Book Review: Listen to Me
This feature is in association with NetGalley. Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen Many thanks to both NetGalley and to Random House UK/Transworld Publishers/Bantam Press for letting me see an…
Publishing Challenge! Chapter 14
Chapter 14 It’s been 3 weeks since my last publication challenge post. This is because I was really busy over that period, apart from the last week when I finally…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 20 May
Chapter 20: Week commencing Friday 20 May Friday I really didn’t feel like doing any work on Thursday, especially after the writing marathon the previous day/night. But I still had…
The portable garden this week: 26 May 2022
More excitement in the garden this week as the first of the strawberries started to show. We think every one of the strawberry plants will fruit again this year. They’re getting…
Book Review: Pirate Queens
This feature is in association with NetGalley. Pirate Queens by Rebecca Alexandra Simon Many thanks to both NetGalley and to Pen & Sword for letting me see an advance reader’s…
Publications last week and this week
The week before last, I was stupidly busy trying to finish a ghostwriting instalment. I did it, but it meant much of my other work was neglected. So I was…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 13 May
Chapter 19: Week commencing Friday 13 May Friday I was so busy on Friday I didn’t even realise it was Friday the 13th. The first job I got out of…
The portable garden this week: 19 May 2022
Exciting news this week. The tomato plants finally arrived after weeks and weeks of waiting. This was a collection I ordered from a magazine, but now they are here, we…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 6 May
Chapter 18: Week commencing Friday 6 May Friday Okay, hopefully I’ve learnt from not writing the diary as I go along, so today I’m here, at my desk, reporting for…
The portable garden this week: 12 May 2022
While the poet did fit in 30 minutes to cut the front lawns on Saturday, we didn’t get into the garden again at the weekend beyond that. There wasn’t anything…
Book Review: The Stories of my Life
This feature is in association with NetGalley. The Stories of my Life by James Patterson Many thanks to both NetGalley and to Random House UK for letting me see an…
Publishing Challenge! Chapter 13
Chapter 13 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Collection. Flash Fiction 2: Another Five Very Short Stories is exactly what it says it is. The book consists…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 29 April
Chapter 17: Week commencing Friday 29 April Friday I’m writing much of this week’s diary in retrospect and I can’t for the life of me remember what kept me so…
The portable garden this week: 5 May 2022
No, this isn’t one of our cornflowers, but I hope we have some of these soon. Nothing to report from the portable garden this week, other than that the cornflower…
Publication Day Yesterday!
Due to another long weekend, and another one taken off, yesterday’s publishing challenge post has been postponed. However, the short story Wedding of the Year was published yesterday. This is…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 22 April
Chapter 16: Week commencing Friday 22 April Friday Another 3 books came in overnight from NetGalley, so I added those to the project. As of this morning, that’s 218… I…
The portable garden this week: 28 April 2022
Note: If any of the pictures are too small on your hand-held device, try turning the device on its side. It was a shorter weekend just gone, 2 days instead…
Publishing Challenge! Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Short. Around the Maypole is a story I wrote but didn’t send anywhere. I published it myself in Twee Tales…
