First, here are daffodils. You definitely deserve daffodils! They are the most enthusiastic of flowers, and I find the sight of them –...

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...

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...

A lovely thing happened last week. How The Penguins Saved Veronica (the USA edition of Away With The Penguins) was chosen as a finalist...

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...

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...

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...