First of all, here's the Amazon UK link to buy 'The Body on the Hill' which will now work for a paperback version as well as the ebook: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GH11Z144 I also now have a link for non-Amazon sales (ebooks only at present). At the time of writing, this link covers Smashwords, Apple, Kobo and Barnes …
Backwards and Forwards
This is a post of two halves, with a little extra bit in the middle - you can skip to the heading 'Big Announcement' if you like. As I began to think about planning for 2026, I realised that this was also a good time to reflect on 2025, and also that January itself is …
Inching Gradually Forwards
(I have a feeling I've used this post title before - inching gradually is often the only way I can make any kind of progress!) Although I knew I would probably not be able to do a lot of writing during my scheduled hospital stay, I didn't realise there would be absolutely none, and very …
Alternate Title(s)
Because I can see the end in sight for Pitkirtly XXIV, I've decided to procrastinate a bit by writing this post. It's not so much that I don't want it to end as that now that I think I've worked out a solution, I no longer need to go through all the steps to get …
Another year, another NaNoWriMo
I've taken part in the November NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) every year since 2006. The first time I did it, I was on a mission to prove to myself that I could finish a novel in a month. It was a kind of signal that I would start to take my writing seriously at …
Cecilia Peartree - woman of mystery 