Hi, Did you receive my latest monthly 'Onward and Upward' email? This contains a book sweepstake (for a free e-reader), book promotions, and updates about my own life and writing.If you did, and are happy to keep receiving them, thank you so much - I...

Hi, So, another Christmas hits the dust. A fairly quiet one for us, with no relatives to share it with, and a fairly gloomy prognosis for the immediate future. Lockdowns in Ireland have damaged many small businesses beyond repair, yet according a rep...

Hi, The best of Christmas Cheer and Happy Holidays to all of you. May the New Year bring some positive aspects into a time that seems to be bogged down with negativity on so many fronts.What a strange year this has been. For most of us it has been on...

Hi, We're in lockdown in Ireland again, so plenty of time for reading - and writing.I have been using an old desk computer that I primarily use for artwork as it has a large screen, but it's not set up for typing. So, of course, I have carpel tunnel...

Hi, Further to the laptop saga, it has finally given up the ghost, letting me know it's time to stop throwing good money after bad. As I invested in a solid state drive last time it failed, I'm able to access my data through a nifty device using a US...

Hi, Summer seems to be fading in Ireland, with nights drawing in sooner, and a faint chill in the evening air. It only seemed like a few weeks back when we were waiting for summer, but now we're busy harvesting. The Irish farmers are happy out, with...

Hi, I'm pretty fed up! I wrote out this newsletter a few days back, but it wouldn't import images, so I saved it, closed everything down, opened my computer again, and like magic it was all gone! We live in an internet dead zone, and to cap it all, m...

Hi, I'm back in Ireland after a brief visit to the UK, relieved to find the animals all present and correct, thanks to our son and some helpful neighbours. The veg garden is a cornucopia of produce, and rife with weeds. We just ate our first homegrow...

Hi, Firstly, my laptop failed. It's amazing how I absolutely and totally floundered without it. It's not as if I'm short of things to do, but whatever I did, the lack of my laptop was glued firmly to the front of my mind. It was a huge relief to fina...

Hi, For those of you not interested in the Writers' Infostack, I apologise for cluttering up your week. In my quest to interest readers in my fiction, I'm trying various avenues, and this one, at least, did not cost me anything other than a commitmen...