Hi It’s been a while, and I’ve been busy editing Out of the Ashes, which heads off to my editor in a couple of weeks. It’s always a slightly nerve-wracking time – fingers crossed he doesn’t find anything too major that needs changing! I’m quietl...

Hi Merry Christmas! The mince pies are in the oven, I’ve finished my day job for the year and the family is all together for the first time in a long while. I’ve also submitted the last of this semester’s assignments for the health management course...

Hi Today’s newsletter contains lots of good news. It’s almost summer here in Sydney, lockdown is finally over, and I have reached the end of the first draft of my new novel at last. Set mostly in rural England in World War 2, it’s called Out of...

Hi Hello from Sydney in spring where it can’t decide what season it wants to be! 28 degrees Centigrade one day, 10 the next. But the trees and flowers are all in bloom and the sky is mostly blue, so I really don’t have much to complain about. Althoug...

Hi  Since I last wrote I’ve moved into a new house – it’s two doors up the road from the old one, and newly refurbished with a little garden and a driveway to park in. The place already feels like home, and the dog has stopped looking confused a...