The advance review program for Colette has commenced. Here's the blurb...
Eighteen-year-old Collette’s peaceful life in France is shattered when the Nazi panzers steamroll across her country. She feels compelled to help the nation she loves and joins the Women’s Auxilliary A...
2022-11-02 23:39:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Big news this week - I am now readying Colette (my WW2 novella) for publication! This means spending time fiddling with layout and it can be terribly frustrating trying to get the details right ... such are the joys of the indie author life.
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Beta readers read for free - we authors pay! Go to the link below...
https://storyoriginapp.com/betacopies/8b5b5e9e-04b9-41d3-8530-ec34dfb6a4ef
Hi there Patrons
The good news is that the first draft (and its associated copy edit pass) is now complete at 20 chapters and over 160,000 words.
I really want your feedback on this - so after exploring various options, I've decided the best option is to do this via the StoryOrigin b...
2022-04-25 06:09:17 +0000 UTC View Post"Through different Eyes" is the sequel to "Through my Eyes. Again. - and it's now getting very close to first draft completion. Chapter 19 is done and I'm into the final chapter. It's been a bit of a journey - Word tells me Chapter 1 was commenced on 27th September 2020 at 9:53pm.
At presen...
2022-03-25 10:14:43 +0000 UTC View PostHi there - and early Christmas present for you all!
I've now completed the first draft of chapter 15 and the first line edit of up to chapter 14. So Chapters 1-14 are now available at
2021-12-20 10:04:23 +0000 UTC
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Hi there folks
For those of you who prefer a real book to hold, the paperback edition of Through my Eyes. Again. is now live on Amazon - much faster than I had anticipated.
So you can now buy this for yourself and as a Christmas present for family and friends...
2021-12-12 23:51:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Excerpt 4 of Col's diary is now available on the Sync server. The easiest way to get there is via my latest newsletter...
https://mailchi.mp/8a22eb1da23e/plea-for-reviews-13527799
And I'm h...
Hi Folks
Its been pointed out to me that Chapter 10 of TDE (first draft) is missing from here.
My apologies - I'm not quite sure what happened, but I must have got confused and posted 11 when I meant to post 10.
Anyhow - here it is...
Hi there
Here's the second except from Col's diary whilst being interrogated bu British Intelligence 'somewhere in England'.
2021-09-11 07:36:00 +0000 UTC View PostI am currently working on chapter 13 of TDE - and a new short story involving Colette Roberts. She is the SOE radio operator who befriended Mutti Frida whilst both were imprisoned in Ravensbruck. Mutti Frida's daughter, Colette, is named in her memory. Mutti Frida survived Ravensbruck but Colette...
2021-08-30 09:33:51 +0000 UTC View PostSaturday 8th September 1962
They gave me back my diary today; it’s been five days. I know because I’ve been counting them since we walked into the Dusseldorf army HQ asking for political asylum. They took everything from us then, including our clothes and my di...
2021-07-17 10:54:41 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to July (the depths of Australia's winter)!
I have uploaded the first draft of Chapter 10 to the sync server - go to my Discord server for the link (all patrons have access to this - if you're not able to access it, email me and I'll help you). I've also distributed the first 10 dra...
2021-07-01 10:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been running adverts on Amazon for "Through my Eyes. Again." (which sounds expensive but isn't as you only pay for clicks). My ads have been seen nearly 1000 times and have been clicked on 5 times generating 1 sale. I want to try to increase the click rate and thus the purchase rate with a b...
2021-06-08 08:11:38 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to May!
Down here in subtropical Australia, that means winter is approaching. Nights are cooling off and we probably have had our last over 30C day until late spring (that's October). The solar heater is keeping the swimming pool warm, but I we will probably turn it off next weekend...
2021-05-02 07:42:35 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the first draft of TDE Chapter 8 - I have some concerns about this chapter being a bit too slow - your feedback would be most useful!
In other news, TMEA how has 5* reviews on Amazon and Goodreads - now all I need is for people to actually buy it (and give it more good reviews to get...
2021-04-04 07:49:14 +0000 UTC View PostMy debut novel "Through my Eyes. Again." has been released on all the usual ebook platforms. You can find it a https://books2read.com/u/3GA1O8
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2021-03-26 06:52:35 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve been asked by a few people about the cover of Through my Eyes. Again. as it’s a bit different from the ‘usual’ modern covers. As I started writing an explanation, I thought that you might like a glimpse of what goes on behind the final production of the boo...
2021-03-19 23:44:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Let me know which version you like best - faded or vibrant colours?
In other news, TDE chapter 8 is now over 4000 words...
Hi folks,
I'm really pleased to tell you that the much delayed Chapter 7 of TDE is now available on the Sync server.
It's also available here (below).
As the release date of TMEA approaches, I'm still very busy with marketing activity - but I expect to have Chapter...
I have uploaded the final version of Mrs Henderson's Limp to the Sync Server (go to my Discord server for the link). There have been a number of minor corrections and a chunk of new material added at the end.
I will be releasing this short story as a 'teaser' to help build momentum for the...
I promised you a short story before the end of January - and here it is. Please take a read and enjoy - and give me your constructive criticism from typos all the way through plot, character and pacing.
This story is a prequel to TMEA - giving some of the back story to Mrs Hende...
2021-01-20 07:37:07 +0000 UTC View PostI've just completed my first interview as an author! You can find the interview at
https://youtu.be/4zeDEUOXWls
I'd love to here what you think!
Hi Patrons
For a variety of reasons, I have not been able to make any significant progress with TDE this month and so I have paused your pledges for January. The biggest reason is that I have been working on publishing TMEA and trying to get some marketing in place. As part of that marketin...
2020-12-22 10:57:23 +0000 UTC View PostThrough my Eyes. Again. is now being published, with a release date of 24th March, 2021. I have been able to do this because of the interest and support shown by readers here. I
My thanks, to you all!
I have published through Draft2Digital, which turned out to be a much simpl...
2020-12-17 05:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostWell, the 'final' read through of TMEA turned up a few more edits. However, I am now pleased to announce that the ebook version of TMEA is to be published, probably late in January.
Patrons are able to download the final ebook version from the sync server (the link for this is on my Discord...
2020-12-14 12:27:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe final editing pass for Through my Eyes. Again. (grammar and punctuation) had completed and I'm now preparing the final version for self-publishing. I'm not sure how long this is going to take - but it won't be in time for Christmas. When the final version is published, Patrons will b...
2020-12-04 11:26:41 +0000 UTC View Postis the end of the academic year, which is now in sight! I will finish all the marking and reporting in the next couple of days and then it's back to work on TDE. The first draft of chapter 7 of TDE is at 2,300 words and I'm still hoping to complete and post this before Christmas.
There's a ...
2020-11-28 03:08:08 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of all, my apologies as this chapter has taken much longer to surface than I had hoped. Handling the sensitive and very useful feedback from my editor took much more time than I had expected - and there will be another flurry of activity once the punctuation and grammar sweep is returned to...
2020-11-04 00:02:27 +0000 UTC View PostGoing back and editing a book is both boring and dangerous: boring because chasing down and eliminating repeated words is just … boring, and dangerous because the temptation is huge to start editing the text around the repeated word, which greatly extends the time to find and rid the text of th...
2020-10-25 04:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post