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A good week! I was half-way through ‘Plaint for Provence’ , stopped to play with my brand new camera – a Nikon D750, which is so high-tech it probably makes tea if I find the right buttons, and then I had the news that ‘One Sixth of a Gill’ is a finalist in the Adult…
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‘Someone To Look Up To’ made it to amazon.com bestseller status today –  I really think it will be his year although he can’t be Number 1 all the time so I captured the moment. Woohoo! http://smarturl.it/sirius

Find out more about ‘Someone to Look Up To’ – my interview on Meghan Riley’s blog 

Do you remember I interviewed author Angela Graff of the Judas Kiss/Curse fame on my blog here? She’s only one of the authors on the Bookgoodies Stand at the HUGE Tucson Book Festival 14th 15th March. My books will be there on the stand at reduced prices so if you can get to Tucson, check…
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Being interviewed as one of my characters is a strange experience  – woof! Thanks K Caffee! https://pukahworks.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/meet-jean-gill/

I don’t need a dire-wolf – I already have one! 9 years old today and still looking gorgeous. Blanche’s true story is here and bits are in many of my books; Snow in ‘Someone to Look Up To’ and some of Sirius’ antics; the description of her breeder and birthplace in ‘One Sixth of a…
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It can’t be right to have so much fun – my book jacket and author pic are featuring in the virtual library of a new book review channel Boostmeh coming soon on youtube. Sirius looks right at home with his two litle dog ornaments.    

So exciting – you heard it here first! Sirius – the star of my book Someone to Look Up to was not only featured in the bookshop of the Pyrenean Mountain Dog Club of Great Britain, but I’ve got a first look at the forthcoming Pyr International Magazine, which features my photo on the cover and Someone…
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What a great way to continue 2015, with the fantastic news that one of my poems will be published by the great Bloodaxe Books. In their words: Bloodaxe Books has revolutionised poetry publishing in Britain over the past 35 years. Internationally renowned for quality in literature and excellence in book design, our authors and books…
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Malta. Christmas 1942 diary entry: ‘Never in my life have I been so lonely.’ I’m delighted to release the next of my video trailers, this time for Faithful Through Hard Times.  If you want to know more: This is not a WW2 memoir. It is a riveting reconstruction from an eye-witness account written at the…
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