Roadside Tales

For a long long time I’ve been writing.

There are numerous novels that I’ve started and never finished, one novel that I have finished but haven’t managed to get published… as yet.

And a whole load of short stories.

Some of the short stories are influenced (in style and content) by Jim Fogg, who used to write stories for motorbike magazines.

I have collected together the best that I have done and am intending to publish them towards the end of February 2010.

To get an idea of what these will look like (4 complete stories and teasers for all the rest), take a quick look at www.RoadsideTales.com

All the best

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Tired but happy!

The book is about finished – I’m not going to do any more work on it now.

It will be sent off to an Agent in London at the end of October or early November (after 3 years, a few days or weeks, here or there, don’t seem to really matter too much.)

Read more about… Tired but happy!

Back on line!

Obviously, it’s been a while since I’ve updated this page. Reasons/Excuses – It’s been very hot here. Already 150 people have died in France as a result of the heatwave (far short of the 15,000 who died in the hot summer of 2003) and I have been finding it hard to sit in a non-air conditioned, windowless study after work.

Also, I have been desperately trying to put the finishing touches to French for Beginners. I have discovered (at this very late stage) that, to work, it needs to have 13 chapters (I call them lessons) rather than the original 9 that I had planned.

A series of IT problems didn’t help; although all seems to be running well now.

In the garden, everything is growing well (despite the heat). My Basil plants have gone loopy and I predict a Pesto making session coming up just to use the surplus!

All the best

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Back again!

Not many updates recently – I’ve been busy wordprocessing the book (and have thus, been in a world of my own).

If everything goes to plan, everything should be finished (and printed off) by the end of my Summer holidays in mid July. The bonus is that there is enough left over (cut out) to make the whole process of writing much easier for Love and Eternity – the sequel to French for Beginners.

Thus, I should be sending the manuscript out to agents in August. However, as the entire UK publishing world decamps from Islington (where they all live, really!) to their holiday homes in Provence (or Tuscany) for the month of August and, as the Frankfurt International Book Fair takes all their attention (quite rightly) during September and October, I don’t expect anything to happen until nearer Christmas – here’s hoping.

At home, I have planted my tomatoes and Basil – there may be a photo of my little garden on the photo page.

May is a confusing month for me – lots of Bank Holidays. Today is one of them, although I’m not really sure what we are celebrating.

All the best

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