Hi, Onward and Upward NewsletterThe Writers' Infostack offer is about to expire, so this is your last chance... then we'll be back to my usual newsletter with book offers and some personal storyboards, some of which will be about the wild places arou...

Hi, Onward and Upward NewsletterThe old farmhouse had been empty for 30 years when we bought it. It was a working farm right up to the time the owner became ill, and the fields were gradually sold off, presumably to pay for his last few years in a nu...

Hi, Upward and Onward NewsletterThe Chicken house saga is just one of the projects we've been engaged in over what has so far been a ten-year slog. The wreck of a farmhouse we are trying to make habitable is marked on the 1850 Ordnance Survey map. I...

Hi, Upward and Onward...Continuing the sales push for the Writers Infostack, here is another email with the link below as promised. This handsome chap above impresses his girls on a regular basis with a fair amount of strutting and showing off. I cau...

Hi, It was my birthday on Friday. Thirty-one again... The sensational, scented lilies and stocks were from my husband, along with a day of being severely pampered. He cooked a lasagne with home made pasta, served with antipasti, red wine and the work...

Hi, The outpouring of support I have seen across our community as we weather the COVID-19 storm has been stunning to witness. The warmth, encouragement and unique ways I have seen people reach out to each other portrays a strength of unity in th...

Hi, My best wishes to everyone, hoping you are all surviving the crisis without loss of friends and family. To those who did not, my heart goes out to you. It is, indeed, a strange time, and with implications into the future that we cannot predict. T...

Hi, In the light of social lockdown, it should come as no surprise that ebook sales are up and mainstream book sales are down. What is surprising is that I'm receiving emails from my various sales platforms saying this is great news for self-publishe...

Hi, Bear with me! Dipping my toe in the water of self-publishing has been a far greater challenge than I anticipated. Being a novelist turns out to be the easy bit. I love writing, have plenty of ideas, and craft a good commercial product, but I'm no...