December 2025 saw the release of a new genre to me. Grave Concerns  is a cosy murder mystery set in the idyllic village of Myrtleberry Dell. Of course, because I’m a fantasy writer, it also has a fantasy twist to it, so, as one reader put it, Myrtleberry Dell is a cross between Midsommer and Hogsmeade. The idea to write a murder mystery came to me in 2023 when I considered doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I needed something contained, rather than an add on to m

It’s been a bad three months. I haven’t been as proactive as normal in promoting my books because of other commitments and real-life issues that have cropped up. All of which has led to tumbleweed being the only thing moving on my sales dashboard. It is very depressing. Facebook seems to have become a ghost town. Whether this is because no-one is posting, or FB’s ever-changing algorithms I don’t know. But the vast majority of posts I see are from groups I’ve never joined, peo