After I showed you my mockup for the cover of book two, I got a couple of negative comments. That wouldn’t do at all! Clearly it was time to stop trying to do it myself and take it to a professional cover designer. I’m very …
Read MoreSlimming World B Choice Bonus – fruit sushi
Last post, I talked about the kinds of puddings you can make by mashing up your B choice cereals and leaving them to soak in yoghurt. That’s easy and always nice, and you can use Weetabix, Weetabix minis, apricot shreddies, oats and muesli that way. …
Read MoreFood blogging again
I know this was supposed to be a mystery writer’s blog, and on that subject I can report that I’ve written the first chapter of Murder of a Working Ghost and left poor Haley very upset indeed. But when I’m not writing, the majority of …
Read MoreAnother Day of Dance, Another Bento
This is getting to be a series. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, as when I went searching for bento ideas that were also Slimming World compliant, I didn’t find any. That means that (a) I have to do it myself, and (b) one …
Read MoreDay Two of the Bento Weekend
Day one went very well! We danced from 10.30 to 4pm (with breaks for lunch and for getting from one spot to another) and I ended up bringing a couple of spoonfuls of fruit salad and pasta salad home with me. So the volume of …
Read MoreBring out the Bento
Long story – I do a lot of dancing. My knee is suffering. I want to lose weight so I can dance more with less pain. So I’m currently on the Slimming World diet. This is all very well when I’m at home and life …
Read MoreNew Day, New Title!
I’ve been offering the next book in the Dancing Detective series free to people who sign up to my newsletter, so my subscribers will be glad to know that I have finished all the editing I had on my plate, and DD volume #2 is …
Read MoreReview: Death of a Dream Maker by Gallagher Gray
It’s always a problem, when you’re a writer yourself, to review other people’s books. You want to be honest because readers deserve to know what you really think. But if your honest opinion is “I hated it,” then you soon discover that you’re losing friends …
Read MoreMoodboard for Rory
I was asked “What five objects define your main character?” and for Rory these ones came to mind. Cookware, brogues, a panama sunhat, an expensive camera. Plus bonus portrait and dancers. The kit of the dancers is wrong for the Fenland Boggles, but was chosen …
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