Last Saturday I went to Welsh ComicCon, who was nearly in Wales (Telford). I went with rich_jacko, for company and practical support, as I was taking the wheelchair, so I'd have somewhere to sit while queueing etc. The train journey down was OK, even if two wheelchair users had been booked into the same space. There was just enough room for both of us, ( Read more... )

I was surprised and pleased this morning to recive a letter with not only the acceptance for Gunsmoke Express (I was expecting an email - which arrived later) but the contracts.

Gunsmoke Express is the fourth book about Sheriff Lawson and my 18th western title overall. I still have to add a page on The Sins Of Motherlode to my website http://www. ( Read more... )

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We've had a couple of bouts of snow in the last two months. Nothing here to get very excited about, but enough to make things interesting when you aprk your car on the side of a road just where the hill gets steep. It's a known danger that drivers may lose control just at this section of road and skid into parked cars. It happened about five years ( Read more... )

Last Saturday was a new adventure: I was off to the For The Love of Sci-Fi con in Manchester, and I was travelling by train with the wheelchair for the first time. I booked assistance at the stations for both trips. I was good and early at Sheffield station, and waited a little while by the information desk, on one of the nice chairs provided, and ( Read more... )

Today Kuura turned 1 year old. She is a charming little cat and I love having her around. She loves a good snuggle, sometimes settling on a lap, but she also likes to curl up in the crook of my arm when I'm watching telly. She only settles down after she's paraded back and forth across you a few times, climbed up your chest and pushed her face into ( Read more... )

It seems to be that time of year already ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got the welcome news from my publisher that my latest western has been accepted. My 17th title will be The Sins Of Motherlode ( Read more... )

But can't be bothered to go around the small one:


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Today I got back from a short visit to Mum in Norfolk. I haven't seen her since Dad's funeral, last November. I would have gone early in the New Year, but she fell over on Xmas eve and broke her hip, so was in hospital for a month or so. I did book train tickets to go down early in April, but I'd had another relapse and just wasn't feeling well ( Read more... )