Monthly Archives: January 2020

#Booktour: Through the Nethergate – The Main Ghostly Characters + Giveaway

Thank you to Brooke Blogs for hosting me today for Day 1 of my Through the Nethergate book tour. This post is about the main ghostly characters in the book. There is also a Giveaway you can enter from Brooke…

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An Australian comedian has raised more than $26 million to fight deadly bushfires — WGNO

Originally posted on I didn't have my glasses on….:
Australian comedian Celeste Barber has raised more than $26 million in under a week to help fight the deadly bushfires that have killed more than 20 people and scorched millions…

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Book Review: Sir Chocolate and the sugar dough bees story and cookbook by Robbie & Michael Cheadle

Can you resist Sir Chocolate and the fairies, let alone the recipes you’ll find?

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Chance

  Chance Call life by its proper name Call it what it be. Don’t hide behind the niceties Of respectability. Sound out the truth, Tell me what you see. Are you engulfed in yourself Wallowing in misery? Is your life … Continue reading

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A Fool

A Fool. A fool is the one who can’t comprehend To make a beginning one must have no fear of an end. An end comes to us all, what’s important is how the end takes place But a fool never … Continue reading

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Kidney Stones

On Thursday the 2nd of January, I was scheduled to have my kidney operated on to remove two stones that had become too big to pass naturally. I had met the surgeon on three occasions, twice for him to apologise … Continue reading

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Smorgasbord Laughter Lines Rewind and an invitation from D.G. Kaye and Sally to join in the fun.

Share the laughter

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Vanished

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This is a Guest Blog Post about my novel, Vanished, that was kindly hosted by author Karen Ingalls. I am grateful to Karen for this opportunity! Please click on the following link to view and…

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Audiobook

There are now three of my novels made into audiobooks. The Novella–The Story That Had No Beginning Is now available as an Audiobook. Listen to a sample on the links below: I have 25 free promotional coupons to download the … Continue reading

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Read Iris Murdoch on words: “the ultimate…stuff of our moral being” QUOTES FOR WRITERS

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THERE IS NO DOUBT which art is the most practically important for our survival and our salvation, and that is literature. Words constitute the ultimate texture and stuff of our moral being, since they…

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