About

Drawing, painting, writing: they’ve been the constants throughout my life. In between, I’ve squeezed in two husbands, five children, a dozen homes and nine jobs, including editorship of three magazines – which takes me back to my main obsessions. In the past decade I’ve written fourteen books (eleven novels for children and adults, two short story collections and a manual on writing fiction). You can find all of them on Amazon. I love teaching and sharing whatever I’ve learned with others, and over the past twenty years I’ve taught both painting techniques and creative writing. Before lockdown I also led two writing groups. We met monthly to share both our writing problems and our successes. I sorely missed my fellow writers, and I’m pleased to say I’ve restarted two groups. If you’re a writer, a would-be writer, or just love reading, please keep in touch via this blog and send me your comments and queries.