First E-book available

Well, it's happened!  My readers can now download my very first e-book from Smashwords - and it will soon be available on Kindle too.  Precious Moments is my most successful novella to date and was inspired by the BBC2 radio programme Sunday Love Songs.  Despite never considering myself a writer of love stories, I thoroughly enjoyed writing this one and I hope that many more people will enjoy reading it.  Precious Moments is only the first of many of my books scheduled to appear as e-books, so please watch this space.

New Publication

Well, it's arrived!  The Large Print version of The Raging Spirit appeared in my post box yesterday.  I love the new cover.  The publishers [Thorpe] have always done me proud and the same goes for Robert Hale, the publishers of the original version.  They are all such nice people to work with.

Here's a taster:  For a woman in 1890 the journey to the wild archipelago of St. Kilda, off the coast of Scotland, is hazardous.  Untroubled and undeterred, Meredith accompanies her naturalist father on his expedition, knowing she may have to endure a long stay.  But then she meets the renowned Professor Fergus Macaulay and soon has cause to fear him.  As their boat flounders in savage seas, Meredith is jettisoned overboard.  However, she is saved by a young man called Logan, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Macaulay...and Logan's dark and terrible past is slowly revealed - at great cost to them all.

A Novel Dream

I've been having nightmares lately - due, I think, to some tablets I'm taking.  But hey, the dream I had last night, although frightening, has given me a great idea for a thriller and I couldn't wait to get to the computer this morning to record the action!  This isn't the first novel I've dreamed.  People often ask writers where they get their ideas from.  It's not always easy to describe how I get my ideas - they tend just to pop into my head, which I don't think everybody believes.  I wonder how these unbelievers would react hearing that the stories come to me in dreams!  And this time, I not only got the storyline, but the title too - and that is very good news.  No, I'm not revealing storyline or title for the moment.  Not until I get round to writing it up, so you'll just have to keep watching this space.