It was back to Mainstreet Trading in St Boswells for the launch event for my second novel, Destiny of Souls. A thoroughly enjoyable evening included a powerpoint show, presentation, readings, Q&A session, book signing, drinks and nibbles. Fantastic venue, great audience, good questions, and terr...

Learning more about this craft as time goes on, I've now adopted a system for the redrafting process. This includes the 'technical draft' as I call it: the third draft, where I look at any potentially overused words (one early draft of my first novel featured the word 'terrible' 72 times) and iron o...

Finished the second draft of Journey of Souls today (third instalment in The Souls Series). It's looking good: hoping to get it published before Christmas!

Delighted to see my first two novels on sale together at The Apple Shed, Floors Castle, Kelso. They are a great supporter of local businesses of every kind and, with a beautiful castle, splendid, immaculately kept gardens, and extensive grounds to explore, what's not to like? I thoroughy recommend a...