Wednesday 22 October 2025: Tech woes again
There was so much I wanted to say yesterday about the internet, but for some reason I didn’t include it. After wondering if I’d just started it and then left…
Tuesday 21 October 2025: Keeping an eye on things
I forgot to mention on Friday, that while we were re-arranging the office furniture around the new internet router, I was doing a lot of crawling around on my knees….
Monday 20 October 2025: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for Bonfire Surprise, Wordsworth Short #42. This is a story I wrote a long time ago after reading a news item and writing a story around…
Friday 18 October 2025: Pandemonium
And here we are. Another week has flown by and October is already almost over. We had an early start on Wednesday. Not only was the garden man coming back…
Thursday 16 October 2025: A newer, brighter garden…
…now the work starts… The garden man was back again yesterday, but this time he sneaked up on me and took me by surprise. I was in the process of…
Wednesday 15 October 2025: Face-plant
The garden man was supposed to be coming back today, as he had an appointment yesterday. But his appointment was cancelled, so he turned up yesterday after all. (I don’t…
Tuesday 14 October 2025: The garden man is here
I’d already done quite a bit of work on Friday when I got round to writing the blog post. But I got through a lot afterwards as well. I’d just…
Book Review: Blood Runs Deep by Doug Sinclair
Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Blood Runs Deep by Doug Sinclair. This was my first introduction to Doug…
Friday 10 October 2025: Smile! It’s the weekend!
So I didn’t do a great deal yesterday other than editing. Editing, editing, editing. All day. I did do some housework, and I did feed and water the garden birds….
Thursday 9 October 2025: Moving, moving, moving…
…the body, not house… My initial exercise plan arrived from the physiotherapist, plus the link to take it forward. We had a look at the exercises. They were all right,…
Wednesday 8 October 2025: Armchair gardening
I started the day yesterday downloading garden magazines on Readly for the past year. If I can keep a year of magazines downloaded, then I’ll always have it if that…
Tuesday 7 October 2025: How did that happen?
I mean, how is it already the 7th of October? It’s blummin ridiculous. Friday So, what happened on Friday? Well, I had some regular weekly tasks, which I did: Weekly…
Monday 6 October 2025: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for my BOOKAZINE Words Worth Reading: Issue Five. In this issue: Short Story: Bonfire Surprise Short Story: Fireworks at Killiecrankie Complete Novella: Stevie Beck and the…
Friday 3 October 2025: Silly billy
Gosh, this is a long one. Make your favourite drink and pull up a chair… Monday The poet was up bright an early on Monday morning to head off down…
Thursday 2 October 2025: Misty mornings
And here we are – already 2 days into October and, already again, misty mornings are upon us. I do love this time of year, although winter is my favourite….
Wednesday 1 October 2025: Hello October!
Well, hello to October, and hello to new graphics. Yes, I finally got around to making my own graphics for the hello and wrap-up posts. Go, me! I’m still feeling…
Tuesday 30 September 2025: September wrap-up!
Wow. I thought August had gone fast, but September came along and said, ‘Hold my coat!’ The new schedule does seem to be working well, and I didn’t have half…
Monday 22 September 2025: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for my collection of four short Tarot stories, The Four Aces. At last the system works and I just had to move everything down one in…
Friday 26 September 2025: Funeral today
I’ve said it before, but Thursdays are always my most tired days, for some reason, and this week was no different. Really struggled to get up yesterday. I think we’re…
Thursday 25 September 2025: Book 11 begins
I had my latest dermatology appointment yesterday at 11am, which should have given us plenty of time to get there. But we both overslept. That’s what happens when we turn…
Wednesday 24 September 2025: Ducks in a row
I’m still doing a lot of catching up from all that faffing last week with covers and illustrations and publications and so on. One day I may have all my…
Tuesday 23 September 2025: Mixed emotions
Friday was mostly about getting the last 2 stories for the next bookazine proof-read and formatted. But before I could start on those, I had to write up, choose an…
Monday 22 September 2025: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for my collection of ten short stories, Ten Short Stories: Wordsworth Shorts 31 – 40. This one took longer than expected to publish as I’m still…
Friday 19 September 2025: Skipped a day
So I got out of sync and missed a day, but thought it was fine. I had plenty of time to climb back on board before Friday…and then I ran…





































