I’m thrilled to welcome Lexi Rees to my website today. Lexi is passionate about encouraging children to write – whatever their ability – and she has just… Read more “Creative Writing Skills for children”
Category: writing
Welcome to Clara Benson
I was thrilled to have the chance to interview Clara Benson recently. Clara has written two brilliant series of ‘whodunnits’ set in the 1920 and 1930s –… Read more “Welcome to Clara Benson”
Agatha Christie and Janie Juke!
In 1969 there was a young librarian who discovered that all the Agatha Christie novels she had read throughout her childhood could now be put to good… Read more “Agatha Christie and Janie Juke!”
Agatha Christie and Isabella Muir
I read my first Agatha Christie novel when I was thirteen years old. I don’t remember which one it was, but I do remember that it led… Read more “Agatha Christie and Isabella Muir”
Interviewing Patricia M Osborne
When did you first start writing fiction? I’ve always written some fiction but more seriously since 2013 when I began House of Grace. On entering the fictional… Read more “Interviewing Patricia M Osborne”
…when I’m 64
‘When I get older, losing my hair Many years from now’ Who remembers hearing these Beatles lyrics for the first time, back in 1967. Maybe we thought… Read more “…when I’m 64”
Choosing a life of crime
When Agatha Christie’s first crime novel was published in 1920 she was thirty years old. She was a loved and loving daughter and is described as living… Read more “Choosing a life of crime”
A world without images
Thank goodness for libraries. As part of my research into all things ‘sixties’ I have tracked down a fascinating book. ‘The Neophiliacs’ was written by Christopher Booker… Read more “A world without images”
Talking and listening
It’s been a fun week! I spent the day on Saturday with two wonderful writing friends talking practically non-stop about words in every genre. One of my… Read more “Talking and listening”