It is four years since I shared this collection so I hope you will enjoy again or if new to the blog… for the first time. There are names that have been passed down through thousands of years…

Amazon.com: All the King's Bastards: A Succession of Chaos eBook : Lawrence, G. , Design, Warren: Kindle Store

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed during the week, the blogger weekly and some extras. I hope you have had a lovely week… for some the summer is on its way and for others…

A giant rare fish has been spotted off the shores of Pembrokeshire, possibly lured in by warmer waters and good feeding.

Book Description: The truth about grief: it has filled countless pages in clinical studies and personal stories, but no words can prepare us for its reality. When I lost my beloved husband, I …

Greetings, SE’ers. This is my last post in the series on colors and how they can help us show characters’ personality traits, as well as how they can enhance settings. I am ending with …

Our hope springs eternal each day with the sun rise and when the goddess moon shines down at night. Hope is also found in people who gift love and kindness to us and to others. – Sally…

I did record this collection for my podcast but those recordings will now disappear as I stop my Soundcloud account. However they and the Tales from the Garden will be on my YouTube channel later i…

Over the last few weeks we have walked along the Pembrokeshire coast with the Pembrokeshire U3a and the National Trust … And joined in with a couple of days seal spotting … from the cli…

on Jane Friedman site: Opening pages are notoriously hard to get right, especially in early drafts of your manuscript. I’ve read hundreds of opening chapters of novels in my work as a writing instructor and book coach and one of the most common issues I see comes down to a misunderstanding of the difference between two key parts of your opening: the hook and the inciting incident.

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMy rating: 4 of 5 stars All The Light We Cannot See is a Second World War story set around the 1944 siege of Saint-Malo. The story opens with Marie-Laure…

The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch AlbomMy rating: 4 of 5 stars The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a story about the afterlife. Eddie is the chief mechanic at the local amusement park. …

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It is with great exhale that I’m announcing my new release to the universe – About the Real Stages of Grief, available on all the Amazons. This book is what I’d call, a real labor…

Welcome to my Sunday Book Review. Yes, it’s a bit different today since I’ve just released my own book, today I wanted to share both, the introductory post Sally Cronin has put up to pr…

I did record this collection for my podcast but those recordings will now disappear as I stop my Soundcloud account. However they and the Tales from the Garden will be on my YouTube channel later i…

They’re not keeping “them” out. They’re keeping “us” out. My relatives knew it would be okay to come to America because the Lady said so. She rose from pennies r…

There are times our goals do not manifest or come to fruition because we are holding on too tightly.

It’s not easy being a kid detective. You can’t make a citizen’s arrest, you can’t beat up the villains, you can’t interrogate suspects. The usual cozy mystery detectiv…