Here we are. 26 blog plosts and a full month on. It's safe to say this has been a roller coaster month for me with some bad lows and som...

Those who read my F post will know that my wife and I are expecting our first child in July, and that there was some concern after the last ...

Just something which I thought of while trying to work out what to write about for X (damn that letter!). I'm not a romance writer, an...

Who are, officially, my publisher! http://karenjonesgowen.blogspot.com/2011/04/w-is-for-wido-publishing-and-winner-of.html My manuscript...

My book isn't about vampires, but it does have a few in it. They're all antagonists to one degree or another, and two of them have n...

The Last Unicorn, to be specific. As a child, this movie was one of my favourites. I watched it so much the tape wore out and my parents h...

I'm in the middle of a 5-day weekend, with the barbecue going out in the garden and friends on their way over, so this may be a shorter ...

Okay, it's still technically spring. But the sun is shining, we've stocked up on meat for the barbecue, and we've got the whole ...

Which is something I don't do enough of. I can scan through non-fiction pretty quickly, but I tend to take my time when reading a novel....

Today, like my friend Ellen over at Pink Tea and Paper , I thought I'd share with you all some of my favourite quotes: "I tip my ...