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We don’t get out much…
Writing can be a lonely job. We spend most of our time chained to a computer, or a notebook, talking to people who exist only in our own heads. It
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Stories from beyond the grave
I know – I’m too late for Halloween. But whatever the time of year – I do love graveyards. Old graveyards. Whether it’s a Neolithic burial mound, a stone cross on the
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We interrupt this blog for a special announcement.
I know I promised you a graveyard blog this week… but I’ve got something better for you. Drum roll please. I have a new book – working title The Sun At
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Steamed up over Great Smoky
There’s bears in them there hills. Seriously. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park – which straddles the Tennessee / North Carolina border – claims to have bears. About 1700 of them. That
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Stories within stories … within stories.
Museums are not about rare and fabulous objects safely locked behind protective glass. At least the good ones aren’t. Museums should be about people and the lives they lived. Museums should
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Log Cabins and Railway Carriages
It is amazing where music will lead you. In this case – to a shotgun shack in the Appalachian Mountains and an art deco railway carriage in Chattanooga. Recently we went
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A plea to the BBC… please get it right.
I read the other day that the BBC is about to do a remake of the Clangers. For those of you who did not grow up in the UK in the
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The dreaded Author Photo
I am sure I am not alone in hating the words ‘author photo’. We all need them – for our websites and blogs and other promo work – and to put
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Knitting kNirvana
Or… how I went to Ally Pally and nearly lost my mind. Regular readers will know that some time ago I took up knitting. I’m not that good at it
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My turn for reviews
After my rant last week about spoilers in book reviews – I thought it was probably time I did some reviews here… and I promise – not a spoiler in sight…. I’ll