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Remember, remember…

Memories are getting shorter, I guess. Halloween has taken over our British celebration of Bonfire Night, the one I remember from childhood, when after dark on November 5 we lit bonfires in our back gardens (I can still smell and … Continue reading

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Holiday reading?

If you’ve not yet read ‘Family Business’ or its sequel ‘Queen of the Road’, they’re currently available in the Kindle store for a mere 99p each!    

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‘The Last Ballad’ on offer!

My saga based on the lives of a family of Weardale leadminers in 1818, ‘The Last Ballad,’ is available in the UK Kindle store for 99p until Sunday March 8.

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Weardale ballad

It’s a question fiction writers often get asked: ‘Where do your characters come from?’ There are two expected answers – one, that they’re all bits of myself; the other, that they’re taken from real life, from people around me. Both … Continue reading

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