A Day in the Life My Threads timeline this week has been full of people fretting about retirement — specifically, the fear of having nothing to fill the days once the working part of life stops. I read so many of these posts that I started paying closer attention to my own Sundays. Here’s what […]
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Fair Play on Kindle Fair Play is Here — DI Carrie Tyler Book 2 is Out Now It’s finally here. After months of writing, editing, and more than a few sleepless nights, Fair Play — the second DI Carrie Tyler novel — is now live on Kindle and available through Kindle Unlimited. Writing Book 2
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Hello again from Burgess Towers. Welcome to September’s newsletter. The Price We Pay It’s here! It’s exciting to announce that the audio version of The Price We Pay is out now. It’s narrated by the fabulous Perdita Lawton and is available from Amazon, Audible, and Apple Books. I’m a relatively recent convert to audiobooks, but
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Hello again from Burgess Towers. Welcome to August’s newsletter. I hope you’ve had a great summer (so far!) The Price We Pay Several people have been asking when The Price We Pay will be available as an audiobook. Well, the wait is over (almost). The work is done, including a brilliant narration by Perdita Lawton
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Hello again from Burgess Towers. Welcome to June’s (slightly late) newsletter. For once, it wasn’t my fecklessness that caused the delay. I was holding on until I had confirmation of the latest news. The Fifth Door At last, I’m excited to announce The Fifth Door is available as an audiobook. Once again, narrated by the
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Hello again from Burgess Towers. Welcome to the (slightly late) newsletter for March. I mentioned last month that I was awaiting editorial feedback on the first draft of Carrie Tyler Book 2. It arrived. A lot of it! This month has largely consisted of restructuring, rewriting, sobbing, rethinking and all kinds of other re stuff.
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Hello from Burgess Towers Welcome to the newsletter for February. It’s been quite a month, and it’s not finished yet. I’ve been hard at work (I know, I find it hard to believe too) on the first draft of Fair Play – Carrie Tyler Book 2. The great Terry Pratchett said that the first draft
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Forgetting things is all part of the process of getting older. That’s my excuse for forgetting ‘Dry January’ (again). Anyway, this time of year is cold and miserable enough without denying yourself the odd glass of wine. I’ve been thinking about age a lot, having just celebrated another trip around the sun. I’m told I’m
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I’m writing this while a spectacular sunset is trying to distract me. Then again, I’m easily distracted. Not sure what caused it last month, but I just noticed a draft of the November newsletter tapping its fingers on the desk and wondering when I would get around to sending it. Not to worry. To show
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My love affair with Leeds United began in the late 60s. I was the proud owner of a ‘Typhoo tea’ produced picture of Johnny Giles and a secondhand shirt with an owl badge. By 1970, nine-year-old me devoured every minute of the tv coverage of the cup final clashes with Chelsea. My first visit
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