Reach for the stars
It was a real pleasure to speak to students at Hertfordshire and Essex High School where I spent seven happy years. After telling students amusing stories of what I was… Read more »
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The Brown Bags
If you were going to talk in your old school, what story would you tell as an ice-breaker? It was great to be invited back to give an author talk… Read more »
Family Traditions: Our Bluebell Book
I have dragged my children around the bluebell woods every year since they were born and today was no exception, albeit with a smaller party plus dog. Our golden retriever… Read more »
Computers and Me
I once vowed never to touch a computer! When I was a teenager, our Headmistress proudly announced the school had bought our first computer. Hands… Read more »
Pruning a novel
Pruning is hard work when it’s your manuscript. The writers’ mantra is Less is More! In other words, prune everything in sight! This is what I’m doing with my children’s… Read more »
Teens write poetry inspired by novel
Who said that teenagers don’t behave in school anymore? It is a privilege to be invited into secondary schools to tell students about my journey to becoming a writer. I’m… Read more »
Race and Relationships
Why should race or colour define our relationships? During my recent ‘Kiss of the Tsunami’ talks in schools, I told pupils that Marti and Krista’s attraction crosses cultures. People should… Read more »
Several tonnes of prime steak powered towards us!
It was one of those lovely spring walks in the country. We were following a footpath into a field when our dog froze. Facing her – and us – were… Read more »
Famine
Despite our best intentions, the huge scale of poverty in the world can easily overwhelm us, whereas one suffering child can reach into our hearts. And we want to help…. Read more »
Grandparents, Gurkhas and the love of writing
My granny was a wonderful story-teller. She would make hot buttered toast in the oven, steaming and oozing onto my fingers, then I would sit and listen to her fairy… Read more »