Category Archives: Blog

Today is the official launch of Being Netta Wilde and it’s kicking off with a mammoth blog tour. I’ll be sharing some of the reviews and posts throughout the tour. In the meantime, here’s the full listing. These are the bloggers I’ve provided extra content to – guest posts, meet the author Q & AsContinue reading “Meet Netta Wilde”

Hurrah, hurrah it’s publication day. At last, you can get your copy of Being Netta Wilde. As I write this, Amazon are still in the process of synching the book formats so if you want to check out the paperback and can’t find it, you can check it out here. I’m happy to say theContinue reading “Netta Wilde has arrived”

This is just a quick update to let you know that Being Netta Wilde will be available to read in one week. If you’re an Ebook reader, and you haven’t pre-ordered, you can do so at the links below. The book will be delivered to your device on Sunday 20th June. Amazon UK   click here Amazon US   click hereContinue reading “Netta Wilde is coming soon”

Being Doogie Chambers, a short, companion novel in the Netta Wilde Series, is now available free, exclusively to members of my Readers’ Club. Join the club to get your copy now, along with a sneak preview of Being Netta Wilde.

I read a piece in the Guardian yesterday by Gaby Hinsliff about the rich detail of an older women’s story. She was, of course, talking about the latest Kate Winslett masterpeice, Mare of Easttown. In case you missed this gem, let me bring you in on the secret. It’s a sublimely scripted TV drama aboutContinue reading “In praise of older women”

So happy to say that my first novel Being Netta Wilde is finished at last and will be officially on sale from 20th June. If you like your read electronic, you can even pre-order it here. Members of my Readers’ Club can get a free and exclusive sneak preview. You can join my Readers’ ClubContinue reading “Netta Wilde is on her way”

An uplifting story of love, loss and second chances that celebrates friendship and human connections. Netta Wilde was all the things Annette Grey isn’t. Netta Wilde was raw, unchecked and just a little bit rebellious. She loved The Clash and she loved being Netta Wilde. Annette Grey is an empty, broken woman who hardly knowsContinue reading “Being Netta Wilde – Free Preview”

My latest read is … An uplifting and absorbing page turner by Ruth Hogan that I really didn’t want to put down. There was enough of this book to appeal to the Eleanor Oliphant fan in me but there is much more to it than that. Like Eleanor, Tilda is set apart from ‘normal’ people.Continue reading “Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel”

I’ve fallen in love with reading again after several months of feeling like it was too much effort in these strange times we’re living in. But – hurrah, hurrah – I am back on form. All credit to Mike Gayle for getting me back on that horse. I’ve just finished All the Lonely People theContinue reading “All the Lonely People”

Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché Beneath the layers of a punk icon There were plenty of female punks in the late seventies but not that many female punk icons. I don’t know why. Perhaps it was just the sort of music that attracted angry young men to the stage. Perhaps there were other underlyingContinue reading “What are you watching right now? Part two.”