Agenthood and Submissionville

Hello, oh lovely readers who kept me company here for many, many years, not least, through the darker days.  You know, after my tumultuous n...

‘At least we won’t forget it!’ ‘Imagine the stories for our grandchildren!’ You know, I love the human spirit in these situations, searc...

On a sun-kissed afternoon in our garden a few weeks ago, the four of us were toasting the hubby’s Big Birthday with three other screens - t...

One of my students said that she was struggling to make any progress with her novel as it was set in the current day and everything had cha...

Ten years ago today, I was kindly informed by Facebook, I posted my first blog post. It was a timely notice as I’ve been all of a dit...

It starts today! No emailing, no social media, no screens (unless it’s *directly* related to that small matter of the full manuscript o...

So here’s the plan I mentioned here . I can’t guarantee it will add years to our lives, but then, I can’t say it won’t, either. What i...

I was writing a review of the fantastically fascinating, engaging and entertaining (I liked this book)  Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker  and...

I’ve been very quiet of late. I’ve either been fastened to my desk in a writing/ editing/ teaching frenzy or struck down by a parade of ...