Thinking out loud
Blogs about writing, reading and books
‘Sharks may be present’
I don’t know why I didn’t think of self-publishing my novel right from the beginning. Decades ago, when I made my first start on a novel, and before I’d even written chapter one, I’d bought a copy of Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook. So I’d absorbed the important information that to get a publishing deal, I’d…
World Book Day
I’m honoured to have been invited to talk to Year 8 students on this World Book Day as a local author. The feedback was wonderful to get, and the opportunity to contribute to WBD was a huge privilege.
Best reads of 2021
When I started this blog I knew I wanted it to be about reading books as well as writing them, so here are my six favourite books from those I read in 2021, in no particular order.
Scarthin Books
There is a village in north Derbyshire called Cromford, which is less than two miles from Wirksworth, both of them locations in What we have in common. Cromford is unusual for many reasons; it’s where Richard Arkwright built the first cotton mill in 1771, and is therefore now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as the…
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