The Roots of the Tree is now in stock in the world-famous bookshop, Blackwell’s of Oxford. Thank you Blackwell’s for giving an unknown local author a chance. When you decide to do something in this life, if it’s something worthwhile for you and something that you really want to do, you don’t think about how […]
I can’t tell you how exciting the moment is when you pick up the first, printed and bound copy of your debut novel. I’ve been in the world of printed media, ie magazine publishing, for all of my working life, some 25 years and I am quite used to seeing my work – my writing […]
Being a writer is a very solitary occupation, but often the human brain is at its best when stimulated by others. As I’ve said before, I’m no scientist, so don’t expect me to come up with technical reasons why this should be so. As a writer, I spend days, just me, in front of a […]
It has been said that humans are physiologically most similar to pigs and I would make a case for us being mentally most similar to sheep. I’m not basing this observation on anything scientific – believe me, anyone that knows me is well aware that science and I do not get on – it is […]
