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- Mar 28
Fiction, Friction and Flowers
First, here are daffodils. You definitely deserve daffodils! They are the most enthusiastic of flowers, and I find the sight of them –...
- Oct 8, 2021
New Harp! New Book! New Plans!
You might have noticed I've been on a blogging break for some time. My apologies if you've missed me! I've been busy talking with book...
- Apr 1, 2021
Hesitation, Repetition And Deviation
Most people reading this will immediately know that my blog title refers to Radio 4’s programme, Just A Minute. Here's a fact: I’d be...
- Mar 1, 2021
Different Sides of Strong
A lovely thing happened last week. How The Penguins Saved Veronica (the USA edition of Away With The Penguins) was chosen as a finalist...
- Feb 1, 2021
A Penguin At Heart
It’s an emotional thing being a writer. We have to get right inside the characters we create, and we feel every knock, dilemma and...
- Jan 1, 2021
Random Anxious Clumsy Hopeful
I seem to remember there was a book that was written all in on sentence and it won a very prestigious prize and thats what im going to do...
- Dec 1, 2020
Frustrating Waiting …. and Worthwhile Wintering
It’s almost the end of 2020 and wow, hasn’t this year tried our patience? I can't really (or at least, shouldn't) complain. I’ve been...
