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4th March, 2010

100 Stories for Haiti on sale from Bridge House Publishing!  details to follow as soon as I've worked out how to do the link.

Fiction Square in Writers' Forum

There's been a flutter of interest shown in my Fiction Square (Or, as a nod to my pedantic son, Fiction Rectangle!) that appears in the magazine Writers' Forum every month.(see my Links page for details).  I shall be posting one on my website soon - as soon as I've worked out how to do it.

Short Story Competions - Judge

I'm thrilled to have been asked to judge not one but two short story competitions in June and July. Details soon.

Pocket Novel

My novella, entitled A Place of Healing has been accepted for publication by My Weekly Pocket Novels.  This is double good news as publication of a work of this length (30,000 words) entitles me to full membership of the Romantic Novelists Association, which is something I've been working towards for many years.

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1st March, 2010

I'm giving a workshop, entitled Ideas Store, based on my monthly column in Writers' Forum to Frome Writers, at the Library, Frome.  1pm - 3pm.

 23rd February, 2010

My new 3-part serial, No Place for Strangers, began in Woman's Weekly.

 20th February, 2010

My new 3-part serial, Jenny Rainbow, begian in My Weekly.

1st February 2010

I was pleased to hear this morning that my story, Turning Things Around, has been accepted for the 100 Stories for Haiti anthology.  (details to follow)

1st February, 2010

 Gave a talk , entitled Murder, Mystery and Mayhem, to the members of Coxley Women's Institute.

 January 2010
My sixth serial, No Place for Strangers, accepted by Woman's Weekly.  To appear in February.

29th December, 2009

3 part serial, The Carnival is Over (written under my pseudonym, Polly Gingell) published in Woman's Weekly.  This story is set around the colourful and dramatic Somerset Carnivals.

20th October, 2009

3-part Serial Burying Bad News  published in Woman's Weekly. This is based around a newspaper office in a small (fictitious) Dorset town. (see Serials page for details)

 Thursday, 7th October, 2009

Wow!  I've just heard today that my latest serial, The Carnival is Over, has been accepted by Woman's Weekly.  I really enjoyed writing that one and am looking forward to seeing it in print.

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

A three hour Workshop held near the lovely Somerset city of Wells. See Workshop page for details

Monday, 17th August, 2009

 A big, big day today.  I've got my website up and running (almost) and I've just heard I've had my application to join the Crime Writers' Association accepted. This is something I've been working towards for a long time and I couldn't be more pleased and excited. (I've also had two short stories rejected, just to keep my feet firmly on the ground.)