Beep beep! The Booker & Fitch mystery omnibus arrives today!

Say hello to a bumper book of mysteries! As usual, Paula Harmon and I have made the book available in ebook, paperback, and on Kindle Unlimited. I’ve just checked the KU page count and it’s 744 – so you get a LOT of book for your money! We’ve made the paperback version a slightly largerContinue

Ta-dah! Murder at Midnight launches today!

Third time lucky! Murder at Midnight, book 3 in the Booker & Fitch cozy mystery series, is out today! As usual, it’s available in ebook, paperback, and on Kindle Unlimited. Check out the book on Amazon Read the reviews on Goodreads Here’s the blurb: Ritual sacrifice, or planned murder? Jade’s new-age shop is thriving. ButContinue

Boom! Murder for Beginners placed in the Write Blend Book Awards!

Squee! I blogged a little while ago that Murder for Beginners, the first book in the Booker & Fitch cozy mystery series I’m writing with Paula Harmon, was shortlisted in the Write Blend Book Awards. Now we’ve gone one better – our book was runner-up in the Adult Fiction category! We’re getting a trophy! ThankContinue

Murder for Beginners is on an award shortlist!

Jade and Fi are on a list! Well, they probably ought to be on some sort of list… But I’m delighted to say that Murder for Beginners, the first book in the Booker & Fitch cozy mystery series I’m writing with Paula Harmon, has been shortlisted in the Write Blend Book Awards! The Write BlendContinue

Here we are again: new year goals…

This year seems to have gone both quickly and slowly. Somehow, the whole family has managed to stay Covid-free (I ought to cross my fingers but it’s quite hard to type at the same time). The kids are back in school, I’m back tutoring (in just one school this time), but my husband is stillContinue

It’s that time again: new year goals…

Well, 2020 has been interesting, to say the least. What’s that saying about ‘may you live in interesting times’?  I reread last year’s ‘life goals’ post, and either I was unusually prescient, or I may be partly responsible for the mess that has been 2020. If so, I apologise. That said, I’m conscious that I’mContinue

On finding a new writing routine when your old one collapses

It’s been an interesting few weeks, hasn’t it? We’re all coping with something which, frankly, I could never have imagined. First of all, I’m not complaining. So far, my family’s doing OK. The grown-ups are still working, the kids have been studying (as far as I can tell!). Most importantly, we’re all well. Of courseContinue

New year, same goals…

At least I’m getting in with the new year’s goals post quicker than I did last year! I won’t get into whether it’s a new decade or not because people will start squabbling, so let’s move along. Here’s a recap of last year’s goals: Work smarter, not harder  Try some new things  Get fitter  2019Continue

Caster & Fleet: not goodbye, but au revoir

This morning I wrote a chapter. A last chapter. Not of a book (well OK yes, it was of a book), but a series. And given the title of this post, you can probably guess which one. Oh gosh, it was hard. Starting it was bad enough. How do you write a chapter to finishContinue

It’s my 3-year self-publiversary today! 12 reflections…

I noticed about halfway through this morning, in the midst of running errands and nothing much to do with writing, that today is my 3-year self-publiversary. My first self-pubbed book launched on 1 April 2016 (I picked that date for a reason, honest!), and hey, here I still am. I published a post for myContinue