DP Challenge: Migraine, again
Cochineal, crimson, carmine. Scarlet, vermilion, madder, magenta. Justine’s head was so full of red hot pain and every shade of red was there. Blood red, fresh and dried. Cherry Coke. London bus red....
View ArticleReading for research
I admit to a wry chuckle as I see the double-takes from my fellow passengers on the Easyjet flight from Malaga to Gatwick. My reading material for the 2 ½ hour flight is Lucky Kunst: The Rise &...
View ArticleI agree with… Michèle Forbes
“In retrospect, it was obvious it was something I knew and it had resonance. I was born there, grew up there, and I felt I had to reconnect with the place. I guess there is something of a preoccupation...
View ArticleReading for research: ‘Run’
When you are writing a book – not even writing, but at that early stage of tossing around ideas in your mind – sometimes you read something which sets your creative juices flowing. Ann Patchett’s Run...
View ArticleReading for research: Breakfast at Sotheby’s
Philip Hook is an art dealer. He has spent 35 years in the art market, first at Christies then at Sotheby’s, so he knows his stuff. As soon as I heard about this book I put it on my ‘to-read’ list....
View ArticleApplying the rules of art to writing: making art is an act of discovery
“If you are dealing only with what you know, you may not be doing your job. When you discover something new, or surprise yourself, you are engaging in the process of discovery.” Excerpt from ‘101...
View ArticleRose Haldane: the first of a series
Ignoring Gravity is the first novel in a series about ‘Rose Haldane: Identity Detective’. Rose, a journalist, discovers she was adopted as a tiny baby, and Ignoring Gravity tells the story of her...
View Article‘Ignoring Gravity’ and other writings
I’m delighted to say that Ignoring Gravity is now available on other e-book formats, as well as Kindle. So if you read your books on Nook, Kobo, Sony readers or tablets, you can now buy the .epub, .lrf...
View ArticleConnectedness: coming soon
I’m so excited that Connectedness my second novel, book two in the ‘Identity Detective’ series, will be published on May 10, 2018. This tale of art, adoption, romance and loss moves between now and the...
View ArticleConnectedness: published today
Today is the day… Connectedness my second novel, book two in the ‘Identity Detective’ series is published. Here’s what some of the early reviewers have said: 5* “Although this is a follow-on novel from...
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