Getting back on track

Well it's been quite a week or so. 10 days ago I suddenly lost the sight in my left eye. Just like that. Lights out.
Thanks to quick and thorough medical care by the fanatastic British NHS I've been treated and am awaiting a biopsy this morning. So it's put rather a brake on my writing as I can't see type.
But when the Muse strikes you can't hold her back and when in my hospital bed I managed to find an old notebook and scrawl a sci-fy story. So, subject to today's surgery going well, I'm going to knock it into shape and publish in the next month or two. I'll keep you updated!
Oh, I now I have a phone with a decent recording app, can't let that Muse go unanswered!

Sudden changes

Well, I would love to say that my books are making progress but unfortunately I suffered a neurological medical problem that left me temporarily blind. Vision returning, tests ongoing but typing is extremely difficult. Frustrating as I was going through a really creative period with short stories and novel ideas flooding through my little brain.
Not giving up so keep watching for new work.

Back to writing Legacy today. Typically couldn't sleep so up with the sun and began reviewing what I've written so far. Made myself cry! And that wasn't just the bad writing! Feeling very motivated to push on now. Target is to get it ready for publication for Christmas.
But, as ever I'm struggling to keep to my original outline. These characters keep uttering dialogue and making decisions I hadn't intended! Bit like your own children!
Decided at 7am to let them have their way for now! Editing will be fun!!!

Winter evenings draw near

Now the summer holidays are behind me I've gone back to my novel. Slight hiatus whilst I turn Loyalty into a TV drama script...
Now the nights are drawing in its the perfect time to sit and type the amazing story of Joan and her two children as they come to terms with the suppression of Catholicism in sixteenth century England.

Getting on with the sequel - Legacy

Finally got back to the sequel to Loyalty. Its been a tough few weeks but I think I have resolved some of my plot concerns now.
I have also been doing lots of what authors frequently do - avoiding writing by concentrating on even more research! in my case an on-line course offered for free by University Of Leicester into the medieval period focusing on Richard III.
Its is fascinating but I must be strong and resist!! I must wrote a few hundred words a day or the book - Legacy - will not be finished ready for Christmas.

Very pleased to see some sales in USA. I would appreciate any honest reviews.
Work continues on the sequel.

Started on a sequel to Loyalty. Went back to Branscombe in Devon to get some fresh inspiration. Fresh air did the trick. Head buzzing with ideas!.
This novel will be called Legacy and will follow Joan Tregarthin and her son and daughter as they live through the English reformation, the return of Catholicism under Mary and the rule of Elizabeth. The plan I had keeps slipping away as the characters seem to decide what they will say and do! Excited to find out what will happen....

Formatting problem now corrected

Many thanks to a reader who spotted that the kindle ebook version has some formatting issues. This has now been corrected by my good friends at Amazon. If you downloaded a copy before 30 April you need to go to your Amazon account and  "manage my kindle" and click on the update against the book title. You may have received an email from Amazon if you are affected. I suggest waiting until 2 May before trying the update just to be sure it has been processed. There is no additional charge for receiving the updated version.

Hurrah! Family trees now viewable on the pages on the right.

Courtenay and Tregarthin family trees for loyalty

Having trouble getting the published version of pages to display lines in the family trees. Will see if I can get an image to upload.

I am adding pages with the family trees of the House of York and the Courtenay and Tregarthen families for those readers who like a pictorial representation of the family connections.
Its quite tricky to do this, so please bear with me.

My new book available on Kindle

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Loyalty - published on Kindle

So pleased that after 10 years of off-and-on writing my first novel - Loyalty - is being published.

Covering the period 1485 – 1527 this is the fascinating story of a Princess who experienced abandonment, poverty, restoration, love, loss and sacrifice amidst the turmoil of the establishment of the Tudor dynasty. During her life four Kings ruled in England, two claimants to the throne invaded (one successfully); ordinary people revolted and marched on London, plague and disease stalked the land and anyone who might be a threat to the Tudors was imprisoned or executed.

This is the story of Katherine of York, Princess of England: the daughter, sister and aunt of Kings.  Daughter of Edward IV, sister of the missing Edward V, sister-in-law of Henry VII and aunt of Henry VIII. It is also the story of her friends, John Kayleway the sworn protector of the Lancastrian William Courtenay, son of the Earl of Devon and Joan Tregarthin, a distant relation and Cornish heiress.

Katherine is amongst the last of the Yorkist royal bloodline. She grows up at Court: an inconvenient relative of the Crown. We follow the four friends as their life stories unfold from Bosworth Field to the reign of Henry VIII.