Half way through the year already! What have I achieved so far? To date I have already exceeded my 2013 word count total; that was 23,03...

The Lowdham Book Festival has been running 16 years. It started small and has built on its success, and the final Saturday is a must visit p...

A couple of days ago I realised that I'd been blogging four years- where has that time gone? Persuaded by writer friends that I should...

I've been busy trying to get as much as possible done this month with limited time and hands to help, so apologies for my recent silence...

Last November when the e-book version of the One Word Anthology was released I officially crept into existence. Serena Lake has been evolv...

I was very excited last November when the Talkback Writers launched the e-book version of the One Word Anthology- as it was the first book t...

Variety for the weekend... My short story entry to the Wells Literary Festival competition is now on its way. :-) My story really didn...

The wretched bugs that my family got over Christmas hit me with a sledge-hammer a couple of days ago. If any of you have this cough/cold/he...

Just a quick mention. In the January 2013 issue of Writing Magazine (on sale from 7th December) there is a two page article about the back...

Do you take time to seriously look at how you've done each year? And I don't just mean waiting until January the 1st and making reso...

My regular posting schedule is going to be out this week. I've written this on my OH's netbook- had to plug a mouse into it, so I ...

Another experience in the book promotion of the One Word Anthology has been achieved- the radio interview. Nottingham has a BBC Radio and ...

Well I hope my grammar will be right on the radio... Thursday lunchtime- Catherine Dalling and I will be on BBC Radio Nottingham talking a...

Well I've learnt a lot about book promotion this past week, so I thought I'd share a few of the things I've discovered. Plan a...

Today is the day, the One Word Anthology e-book by the Talkback Writers  is launched, and you can now buy it from alfiedog.com  for 99p. ...

As we're only a couple of days away from the launch of the One Word Challenge Anthology, on Monday the 12th, I thought it would be fun t...

The countdown to the launch of the One Word Challenge Anthology e-book begins today. This is a very exciting week for me, as I have four p...

As you may have noticed I've made a few changes with the blog. I know the new blogger interface hasn't been popular, but I've ...

Over the summer my Sony Pocket e-reader began needing the battery charging before I could open the reader, even when it was still three quar...

Latest anthology news (see the details on my previous blog post) - it's looking like it will be out for December, when it will be availa...