My Point of View

I have this itch to go back to my roots in Ireland and need a measly sum of £50K to do this. Now I don't want something for nothing, so...I would be most gra...

This is the second book by Vicky Adin I have read and like the first, 'Gwenna', I absolutely loved this book. It is a heart-wrenching, tear-jerking story of ...

I do love writing, yet I'm so aware that it's a solitary existence. I'm often in my own head thinking, even when I'm out walking, or playing golf, or at the ...

You will remember I mentioned that my house was broken into several years ago now and as a result, I lost my laptop with a lot of my writing on it. Well, tha...

I didn’t get a chance to do a blog yesterday, but I wanted to share my experience, so here’s what I would have written ... For an August Bank Holiday in Eng...

I was scrolling through Facebook, looking for some inspiration when two articles piqued my interest. One was about the lack of dead insects on our windscreen...

If I'm writing alone, or I just need to be undisturbed in a crowd, and have no other thoughts going through my head other than the words I'm trying to get ou...

I am from a small green clapboard house by a boat ramp with a huge garage where the billiards table lives, where we play with the soldier crabs at low tide, ...

I thought I'd do something a bit different for today's blog. I'm going to include a poem from the lost words I very recently found. You will know I use eve...

On Tuesdays, I take a day off from my regular job and, after having a my morning / her evening catch up session with my mum in New Zealand via video conferen...

In 2007 or thereabouts our house was broken into and, among other things, my laptop was stolen. Although I was eventually able to replace my laptop, and the ...

If you know me at all, you will know that, given the chance, I will always have my nose in a book. The picture above is my proof. I have no idea what the boo...

One thing we all have in common is the amount of time we each have in a day. 24 hours. Not a second more - not a second less. When we say we don't have the...

I loved this book. It's the first Vicky Adin book I've read and will now have to get onto the rest! Gwenna is plucky, emotional, and thoroughly enjoyable. ...

I've noticed that on Social Media forums, people are often attacked when they voice an opinion contrary to the opinion of the post author. Current hot topi...

September 11, 2001, in my opinion, heralded the world of 'terror' in which we now live. I'm not saying that there were no acts of terrorism before this. Afte...

It's been a long time coming, but I think I'm finally ready to properly launch my website and offer my writing to the world. I originally published launched ...

As a new self-published author, I was at a loss as to how to get my book out there. Goodreads Giveaways was recommended to me, and at first, I have to admit ...

You may remember, I set myself a challenge to write every day for a month - and not just write, but reach a target of 50,000 words, with the National Novel W...

It's official. I'm going to work extra hard on my writing for November, and have signed up for the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Why? Because i...