Writing

Ramblecast: Villager

Part One: Part Two: My new book has just been published. It's called Notebook and you can order a copy from the independent bookshop, Blackwells, here. (They also deliver inexpensively outside the UK.) VILLAGER, is now up for funding. I'd be delighted if you were able

Writing

Ghost

A few years ago I was talking about ghosts to a lady in a pub about six miles off the southern edge of Dartmoor. She told me she didn't believe in them, personally, herself. "There is one scary thing that happened to me, though, that I can&

Writing

Early 2021: A Personal Compendium

There seem to be more horses on the moor than usual this winter. Alongside the horses, you normally get one or two very assertive humans, more often than not female, making sure the horses are in absolutely no doubt about who is boss. It is rare that you see a

Writing

Ramblecast: The Bowerman's Nose and Kitty Jay's Grave

Part one: Part two: Part three: My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. My most recent book is Ring The Hill - which is also out in the US and Canada in February.

Writing

Ramblecast: Deadman's Corner

Part One: Part Two: Part Three: My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. My most recent book is Ring The Hill - which is also out in the US and Canada in February.

Writing

Ramblecast: Gibbet Hill

Part One (bit windy but gets clearer): Part Two: Part Three My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. My most recent book is Ring The Hill - which is also out in the

Writing

Ramblecast: A Fountain Not Made By The Hands Of Man

Part one: Part two: Part three: If you'd like to reserve a first edition hardback of my novel, Villager, and help with its funding in the process, you can do so here.

Writing

Ramblecast: Fire

Part One: Part Two: Part Three: Part Four: My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. My most recent book is Ring The Hill - which is also out in the US and Canada

Writing

Ramblecast: River And Sheep Research

Part one: Part two: Part three: Part four: My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. My most recent book is Ring The Hill - which is also out in the US and Canada

Writing

2020: A Review

A stranger told me the other day - from a place of kindness and scattered facts - what an awful year I’ve had. But that is not my own feeling when I assess this year. Yes, I had the stress of two house moves during national lockdowns, one of

Writing

Thoughts From Early Winter On A Moor

I live beside a river now, which I know might not seem like the most soothing or pragmatic choice for someone whose life has recently been derailed by problems with water, but I’ve never liked to do things the easy way. I lived beside a river many years ago,

Writing

Ramblecast: Home

Part One: Part Two: My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. This is my most recent book, in case you'd like a read of it. If you feel compelled to, you