My third Brighton novel almost ready.
I have just finished the third draft of my new Brighton novel, my third, Over the Hills is a Long Way Off. I will put it aside for a few months and then take a final look at it, but,…
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I like being a two-novel writer.
Copies of my new Brighton novel arrived today – hurray! Now that I have the actual physical objects, I really feel like it’s been published. Stephen Dearsley, from my first novel, Stephen Dearsley’s Summer of Love, isn’t a bit jealous…
Come and hear me read from my new novel – published this month.
I shall be reading from my about to be published novel, Blue Notes, Still Frames, (Ward Wood Publishing – ) on Thursday the 12th January here in Lewes UK. If you can make it, it would be great to…
How the movie Whiplash inspired my New Year’s Resolution about how I was going to write my two new Brighton novels.
I’m sorry everyone, if you’ve been looking for my regular blogs. I’ve been busy all year on my novel-writing activities and decided to give the blogs a rest. Today though, yay, I finished the third draft on my third…
Virtual Writers ask me to remember why I wrote Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love.
The lively online writers’ community, Virtual Writers, has asked me to do a questions and answers session about my novel Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love (published by Ward Wood Publishing). It was enjoyable thinking back over the time when…
Getting into performance mode for Needlewriters Lewes.
Yesterday reminded me of my singing days when I learned how to prepare for a performance because, last night, I was doing a reading, just down the road from my house, at Lewes’ excellent quarterly literary event, Needlewriters Lewes.…
I’m feeling great! Now when was the last time you heard me say that?
I’m feeling good today. I know that’s not headline news stuff but, actually, for me, it is. Some of you may know that I have been ill with Pulmonary Embolism, blood clots in my lungs, since about this time…
I’m one of three East Sussex writers booked for the next NeedlewritersLewes.
I’m getting ready for my next novel reading and this time, very conveniently, it’s in my home town of Lewes, UK, just down the road from my house at the building known as The Needlemakers. I shall be sharing the evening…
Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love: A novel inspired by The Beatles, Brighton and James Joyce.
I’ve been looking at some of my answers published on-line yesterday, pleased to remember those foothill years as a novelist when I was planning my first novel, Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love. Sometimes, I’m amazed that I ever got it…
Stephen Dearsley makes it to The Huffington Post
I was thrilled this week to read a truly encouraging review in the popular Huffington Post for my novel Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love from Dr Michael Petry, the director of London’s Museum of Contemporary Arts. It was equally…