Readers sometimes ask me how I can move between Regency romance and wartime family saga — from glittering ballrooms to blackouts, from dukes and drawing rooms to ration books and …
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Do you make New Year’s resolutions and do you achieve them?
Posted on 5th January, 2026
These are mine: I’m going to remove the weight that I put back on over Christmas by the end of this month – then I’m going to lose another few …
How much promotion is too much?
Posted on 2nd December, 2025
This month I’d like to ask you a question – do the constant promotional adverts, videos and so on that you encounter on your social media encourage you to buy …
Is Indie publishing still worth doing?
Posted on 5th November, 2025
I was considered a successful indie publisher five years ago earning around 40K a year and writing about 5 to 6 books. Then I was invited to join Head of Zeus …
How many more years?
Posted on 1st October, 2025
Since I became an octogenarian in May I’ve become obsessed with time – particularly the lack of it where I’m concerned. I’m hoping I’ll be able to keep writing for …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …

