My Favourite Wild Places

In this blog I describe how my local landscape inspires my writing – and I’m borrowing beautiful artwork from my friend and neighbour Julia Ogden to show you some of the landscapes I love. Thank you Julia for letting me include your art like this!

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Why I Write

A lovely thing happened this morning. Yes, it’s freezing cold, yes, I’m juggling jobs and tasks and pre-Christmas busy season. But this just stopped me in my tracks and brought a tear to my eye. My publisher shared this new Netgalley review and it means everything to me:

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On Books, Animals, Friends... Cake!

When I was a child, if you asked me what was important, I probably would have said: friends, books, pets. With cake as a close runner-up in fourth place...

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