A Little Post-Lockdown Update
Lockdown was never going to be any travel writer’s finest hour. Writing about travelling… within five miles of your front […]
Journeys – Talk at the Professional Women’s Business Association, Cardiff, February 28
A rearrangement! I was due to give this talk in January 2018 but for a couple of reasons it has […]
South America: Interlude
I don’t expect anyone who drops in occasionally to this site to make sense of the daily plans and monthly […]
On the Role of St Davids and Western Wales in Medieval Culture – Talk at the Oriel Y Parc Visitor Centre in St Davids, July 4th
For those of you who have never heard of or paid a visit to St Davids, sequestered way out on […]
Song Castle: It’s Official – My Latest Novel is Out in April
It has been four months in the research, almost one year and 125,000 words in the writing, but I am […]
When the Well Runs Dry… One Solution to Writer’s Block
This post is intentionally left, by the way, with the title surrounded by blackness. Following up writing one’s first novel […]
About that Second Novel…
I am working on it. Really I am. The thing with a second novel is that it is a follow-up: […]
Guest Speaker at the Ilminster Literary Festival, June 2nd
Everyone: it’s not too late! There is still time to grab your thinking cap and head on down to Ilminster […]
Interview with A Lover of Books: on Roebuck, Writing Techniques and Inspirations
It was my pleasure to be interviewed recently by the lovely creator of the A Lover of Books blog on […]
On Old Ships, Sugar Mill Enslavement and Man-Eating Tribes: How my Debut Novel Became a Reality – Article for British Guild of Travel Writers
It does look, from the homepage particularly, like I’m getting egocentric (two pictures of the first six with my image, […]
Bridging the Gaps: Overcoming the Obstacles of Historical Fiction – Article for Writing.ie
Writing.ie – for those of you not in the know – is Ireland’s premier literary magazine and resource. Whatever aspect […]
Roebuck Book Launch – A Big Thank You!
AFTER an occasion which you have been looking forward to not merely for weeks, but for years (in the case […]
Luke and his Words... 