2022 and all that: a review of my writing and publishing year

2022 has been quite a year – I think we can all agree on that. I’ve spent a fair portion of it with my jaw on the floor at what the government have got up to. However, that’s not what I’m here for. On to the review! It’s been an odd year, writing and publishing-wise.

In which I go on a (sort of) workcation!

Workcation, it has to be said, is a grim-sounding word. Why would anyone run those two concepts together? However, I read an interview with Holly Worton on the Creative Penn website which mentioned the concept, and decided that it might be worth a go. I have a project which I’ve been meaning to get on

Re-covering a book series

‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’ is a saying you’ve probably heard many times, but I firmly believe that most people do – me included! While I was writing A Spider’s Web, book three in my Mrs Hudson and Sherlock Holmes series, I made a decision to get new covers for the series.

A new book – and a competition too!

I took a day off between book edits this week, and spent it sorting out the book cover and blurb for Pippa Parker book 6. I’m not sure this qualifies as a day off in the normal sense of the word, but hey. Anyway, here it is! Announcing Pippa Parker book 6, Past Tense, launching June

Prepare to launch! Maisie Frobisher is Off the Map…

She’s back! And this time, Maisie may or may not be riding an elephant… Maisie Frobisher has arrived in India – in Mumbai to be precise, or Bombay as it was in the 1890s – and she’ll get quite a culture shock when she steps off the boat… I’m delighted to launch Maisie book 2

Prepare to launch! Maisie Frobisher is All At Sea…

Here comes Maisie! And typically, the paperback arrived fashionably late to dinner yesterday evening… All At Sea is the first in a new series, the Maisie Frobisher Mysteries, which I’d describe as adventure mystery. Maisie Frobisher popped up originally in the Caster & Fleet books, but you don’t have to have read those first. Early reviews

Announcing a new series: the Maisie Frobisher Mysteries!

Well, I did say I’d do another update on Maisie before the end of the year, and here it is! And behold, it’s a series, the Maisie Frobisher Mysteries! Take a look at the covers… Regular readers may have noted that I’ve been mentioning a spinoff to the Caster & Fleet series for a little

Here she comes! It’s launch day for In Sherlock’s Shadow…

It’s launch day for the sequel to A House of Mirrors – In Sherlock’s Shadow! The second instalment of Nell Hudson’s adventures is available now in ebook, and, all being well, will be out in paperback later this week. The ebook is £3.99/$3.99; paperback price to be confirmed. As usual, the book will also be available to read

Coming soon: In Sherlock’s Shadow

It’s been a looooong time in the making, but here, finally, is the sequel to A House of Mirrors – In Sherlock’s Shadow! Why did it take me so long? Well, there are a few reasons. A House of Mirrors was my first proper full-length book, and people seemed to like it quite a lot. So I was,

Announcing Caster & Fleet book 5 – The Case of the Purple Peril (not really!)

It’s cover reveal time, and by gum, this book is purple. Only in cover hopefully, not in prose! *drumroll* Here is Caster & Fleet book 5, The Case of the Fateful Legacy! The book will launch on Tuesday 23rd April, but it is available to preorder now. As usual for this series it will be £3.99/$3.99/€3.99, and