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Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
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Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
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Category Archives: Books
The Diary of a Trainee In-Law
Over the last three years, both my children have wed. In experiencing these events I gather a lot of material which I, in part, fictionalised for this blog. I’ve now turned those posts into a novella, The Diary of a … Continue reading
That Difficult Second Book… #series #sequels
In one of those coincidences that probably isn’t I read a review of The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman (he wrote it; the review is by KL Carey, here) as I was thinking about this post. KL enjoyed it … Continue reading
Life Sentences #shortstories #anthology
I’m preparing another anthology of short fiction based on pieces I’ve written for this blog, competitions and guest posts. It’s time to decide on the cover. With the three previous anthologies, some part of my head appears on the cover. … Continue reading
And Meanwhile…
… now we’re beyond the wedding I can turn my attention to publishing my next book, a contemporary magical mystery romance called The Art Of Spirit Capture It’s all edited, read and re-read and will hit your bookshelves on 17th … Continue reading
Posted in Books, miscellany, publishing, writing
Tagged book launch, Books, editing, guest post, publishing
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Harry Spittle, Encore #amwriting
Time for a writerly update. Currently I have a novel and selection of short fiction with my editor, but even with the upcoming family nuptials, I’m still writing. In the last 10 months or so I’ve written two of three … Continue reading
Please Don’t Ask… #bookreview #travel
I’ve not travelled much since hmm…. Forever it seems. I resort to watching frowny faced presenters in knitwear that even myopic aunts would baulk at giving as presents visit remote parts of Britain to live amongst refugees from parallel universes, … Continue reading
Posted in Book review, Books, humour, miscellany, travel
Tagged book, Book review, humour, travel
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A Fear Of Flying #memories #books #deadfliesandsherrytrifle
🎶There was a lady who swallowed a fly🎶 I was a nervy child, not given to bravery in either the tree climbing or challenging authority departments. 🎶I don’t know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she’ll die🎶 Credulous too, believing … Continue reading
Posted in Books, humour, memories, miscellany
Tagged Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle, flies, memories
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