Stevie

‘Commission & omission’, book three in the series Love triangles with murder, is now available for sale on Blurb.

DIY promotion (which I am strenuously uncomfortable with) takes up a helluva lot of writing time. Book 4 – ‘Drink with a dead man’, whose opening 400 words was declared winner of Raine’s monthly competition, isn’t likely to see…[Read more]

Longest shadows reach, book 2 in the Love triangles with murder series now available

‘Step so grave’ indicated a wealth of history between Luke Darbyshere and Baz Rose. They’d been born within a week of each other; lived half mile apart, in a Hertfordshire village small enough to allow no escape. Each had successfully come through adole…[Read more]

Phew – and thanks. The Orkney Distillery is gin, not whisky, and given the amount of free gin, good value as well as entertaining.

Damn! Sorry @Raine (AND I posted that before the distillery tour!)

Hopefully my name &/or ‘Step do grave’ ought to find me – links I see might not be different.

Try: https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/9571608-step-so-grave

I’ve a couple of reviews on Blurb already, but would be pleased for a few more – honest ones, of course, (I’m not wanting to bit it up for sales) just whether you enjoyed (or didn’t) and why. Or Goodreads.

‘Longest shadows reach’ and ‘Commission and omission’ will be added within a couple of weeks – unless I get them out there I’ll fiddle with…[Read more]

Brilliant, Kate – mega congratulations!!!! Really well done!!!

Brilliant, Kate. Well done!

Early because I’m about to go on holiday (and yes, Squidge, definitely Valspar!)

Battle drab (400 words including title)

DS Fran Lloyd had visited Lucy before; remembered the picture window framing a stunning view of Edinburgh’s Castle perched on its volcanic mound; the stepped backsides of the buildings fronting the Royal Mile and a sliver o…[Read more]

Squidge, you mentioned paint colours when we did the Lords and Ladies, and I’ve been gathering them as prompts ever since.

Well done Squidge, and thanks Kate for the challenge – much appreciated, and all entries enjoyed, as ever.

Thanks Kate, good comp.

Sorry Kate: this stemmed from the couple of ideas I was playing with before I went away last week. Lack of time then (and little in the foreseeable with a kitchen about to be installed) this was what I came up with.

‘I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.’

I was taken aback by how irritated I was by the first part of this quo…[Read more]

Yup, that works.

I remember reading after a train crash disaster, of the non-stop ringing of victims’ mobiles. Could you hot say “Somewhere there was a phone that seemed to keep on ringing and ringing.” ?

Have we ever had an entry in the form of a song before? Formatting may be a challenge, so bear with me.

On a restroom wall in Baltimore,
Above a broken sink,
Someone scratched this message,
“It’s later than you think”

I took this simple line to heart,
I saw that it was true,
And built myself a sturdy boat,
Then sailed the ocean blue.

Time goes…[Read more]

Like Richard, waiting for inspiration – and I’ve next week away from home in which to receive it (several ideas bubbling)