Book Review | Ichor Well / Calderan Problem
Ichor Well is book 3, and the Calderan Problem book 4, of the highly enjoyable steampunkish Free-Wrench series by Joseph R Lallo. So enjoyable, I started reading some of his other series. Ichor Well...
View ArticleSnicket #writephoto Flash Fiction
Snicket was the #writephoto prompt at the end of August 2023. Thanks to KL Caley at New2Writing for the prompt. I thought it was time for Lars and Pete to show their faces again. The trouble is, this...
View ArticleBook Review | Just Add Trouble (Hetta Coffey #3)
Just Add Trouble is my second venture into the world of Hetta Coffey. Ten years after I first encountered her, in Just Add Salt, which is book two in the series. I’ve now added 1 through 5 to my TBR,...
View ArticleBook Review | The Three Hares #MMGM
The Three Hares: Bloodline was gifted by the author via the Great Middle Grade Reads group. I apologise for the delay in reading it – it is first class! This is another post joining in Marvellous...
View ArticleBook Review | Happy Bloody Christmas
Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton, published for the rush that starts on 26 September this year, is a great seasonal read for crime fans. Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for the ARC. Buy...
View ArticleHumphrey Goes East | Flashback fiction
Humphrey seems to have been going East forever. I wrote this story before The Talent Seekers, which was Humphrey’s starring role after his escape from the vile ladies of the Lost City. I thought it...
View ArticleBook Reviews | Big Sigma books 1 and 2
The Big Sigma series by Joseph R Lallo looked interesting, and indeed it is. You’ll remember my recent reviews of the Free-Wrench series, which is more steampunk in style. (Why does anything with...
View ArticleWhat makes a writer? #IWSG
I wondered whether I could still call myself a writer when I was booking next year’s craft fair spaces. Do I still write? I am an author — look, here are my books. But does that make me a writer? The...
View ArticleBook Review | 1066: The Year of the Conquest
1066: the Year of the Conquest by David Howarth takes the slot for Y in my Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge. In desperation, I gave up on alphabetical book lists and searched my tbr for specific...
View ArticleA New Forest flash | not a #writephoto
This is an unseasonal piece of New Forest flash non-fiction, just under 900 words. I decided I ought to write more about the Forest, which is an ancient hunting ground set aside by William the...
View ArticleBook Review | The Songweaver’s Vow
The Songweaver’s Vow is a fantasy-style retelling of Norse legends mixed in with some Greek ones. Thank you, storybundle, for including this one by Laura van Arendonk Baugh. Yes, you have heard of her:...
View ArticleBook Review | Awful Auntie #MMGM
I have been trying to read Awful Auntie ever since I read Gangsta Granny, mainly because I am an auntie. It turns out I’m not awful, though! This is another post joining in Marvellous Middle Grade...
View ArticleBook Review | Sifting Sand by Caroline Meech
Sifting Sand was written by a former neighbour of mine. She and her family were delightful neighbours, and made lockdown easier. I remember 8th May 2020 for many reasons, but particularly the socially...
View Article#Flashback fiction | The Wardrobe (part 1)
Flashback fiction, The Wardrobe, in a two-for-one offer this month, as October has five weeks, ending with Halloween. I wanted to do my Rocky Horror mashup, but discovered it’s already appeared twice,...
View ArticleBook Review | Lost Amongst the Stars
Lost Amongst the Stars is a science fiction book by GJ Stevens. I know GJ from the Mynt Image Craft and Gift Fairs, where we and one other author often exchange ideas. GJ and I swapped our first sci-fi...
View Article#Flashback Fiction | The Wardrobe (part 2)
This week we have part 2 of The Wardrobe, so if you missed the first part, click back a couple of blog entries. I hope you enjoy it, kinda. I mean, it is Halloween! The Wardrobe, part 2 The next The...
View ArticleBook Review | Tales of the Captain Duke #1-4
Tales of the Captain Duke is a series of four short books, novella style, by Rebecca Diem. I read them consecutively on two evenings and thoroughly enjoyed them. Tales of the Captain Duke by Rebecca...
View ArticleAnthology; fact or fiction? #iwsg
I’ve been planning another anthology of short stories to add to my five Unexpected Twisty Tales. But I seem to have a mixture of flash fiction and short nature writing to include in it. Can I mix them?...
View ArticleBook Review | The Company of Owls by Polly Atkin
Coincidentally, I have had the company of owls over the last few weeks, as the local tawnies call around to see if this patch is taken. So I was delighted to receive an ARC from Netgalley and the...
View ArticleViewpoint | a #writephoto flash fiction
Viewpoint was the writephoto prompt from KL Caley in November last year. I was just getting back into writing but skipped this then. Now, thanks to inspiration from Damyanti, I’m picking up this one in...
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