An Avenue of Lime Trees
Last month we spent some time in the pretty little Wairarapa settlement of Greytown. From the time it was bypassed by the railway line, “development” left Greytown behind. As a […]
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This week in New Zealand history
1 November 1898: the New Zealand Old-Age Pensions Act came into law, the first measure of its type in the British Empire. The pension was modest (£18 a year), carefully […]
Oldest and youngest
Close to 2,000 people have now downloaded at least one of my books (it helps that the first one’s free). Beyond the fact that something about my writing has caught […]
Going too far for art? “Method writing” laid bare
My characters have a way of being very real to me, but perhaps I identify with them a little too closely at times. I’ve sometimes had migraines when a character […]
New Website
Welcome to my new website!
Lost in Translation
Scanning the ‘net for news of myself (yes, I admit it. I do this), I found a review of Sentence of Marriage. Well, sort of. The site in question seems […]
Writing about real people
Although I use historical settings, I’ve studiously avoided using real, historical characters in my works. Over the years I’ve read and enjoyed many books that do portray real people, but […]
My best review ever
So far, anyway. Sentence of Marriage I submitted “Sentence of Marriage” to a review site recently, and this morning I received a review that quite literally had me dancing around […]
Lines that don’t stand in isolation
Recently on Authonomy, someone started a thread for people to post favourite lines from their own books. I leapt on it, fingers poised to post a few of those that […]
The Future of the Book
was the title of a recent radio interview with Ursula Mackenzie, CEO of Little, Brown Book Group. The later part of the interview fits the title more than the earlier; […]