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Is AI a threat or a wonderful resource?

Posted on 1st September, 2025

 A few months ago I posted about AI and I said that I wasn’t worried. I now am – very worried on the effect it’s going to have on creative …

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Happy birthday to Boldwood

Posted on 1st August, 2025

My publisher Boldwood is six years old today – what an amazing six years it’s been. They now have over two hundred writers, have sold over thirty-nine million books, and have …

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Going to Hell in a Hand Cart!

Posted on 2nd July, 2025

It’s possible that some of you have never heard of the expression “going to hell in a hand cart”. It’s an English expression that means things are going bad very …

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To video or not to video?

Posted on 1st June, 2025

My publisher, Boldwood, likes their authors to make reels (videos) of themselves opening a box of books, holding their new books up, talking about their new books, publicising their new …

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When to say ‘ That’s enough!’

Posted on 1st May, 2025

I had lunch with a school friend yesterday – she took me out for my eightieth birthday treat – and we sat and talked about being octogenarians. Both of us are mentally …

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Meta has stolen my books!

Posted on 2nd April, 2025

I’ve posted a few months ago about AI and that I didn’t think it was something writers have to worry about. I still think that the creative capabilities of AI …

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Should we be worried?

Posted on 28th February, 2025

I know that some people think that writers, actors and other media people shouldn’t be political but as far as I’m concerned saying nothing when evil stalks the world is …

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New Milestones and New Challenges.

Posted on 1st February, 2025

I think that decade years are significant whether they be age-related or work-related. I’ve got both this year. In 2005 my first book, a Regency romantic adventure entitled, The Unconventional Miss Walters, …

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Any resolutions?

Posted on 2nd January, 2025

Happy New Year – let’s hope it’s a better one than last year although with Trump becoming president again I think that’s highly unlikely. We’ve got a Labour government, a …

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