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Kumari Prinzessin in New York
This is the cover of the German edition of Kumari, Goddess of Gotham, which has just been published by Fischer Schatzinsel in Frankfurt. Like every author on the planet (and if they deny it they're lying) I've checked on Amazon.de and it seems to be going down well...
London & Poland’s Loss
This picture is of Father Bronislaw Gostomski who died in yesterday's appalling plane crash that took the lives of so many prominent Poles, including the President, Lech Kaczynski. It was drawn by my eight year old daughter who had known him literally all her young...
A Mother of A Writer
There are many things the late writer Cyril Connolly and I have in common, not least of which is our shared birthday (September 10, in case you need time to save up). Connolly's was the rapier wit that carved out such epithets as: " Better to write for yourself and...
The Anti-Social Author
Yes, it's been a while. Same old excuse - I've been writing. Actual locked away in my garret style writing with minimal distractions. I know I should be accomplishing this while simultaneously keeping up a whirl of blogging, Facebooking, Tweeting, Ninging and...
Me ‘n’ Dorothy Koomson
I was invited by the brilliant, best-selling novelist Dorothy Koomson to share my essential reads and writing tips on her website. Click here to read all about it. While you're there, check out her new book: The Ice Cream Girls. As thought-provoking, warm and...
A New Year Creed
Of all the weird and wonderful New Year emails I received there was one I really liked. Print it out, stick it up by your computer and read it when it all gets too much... The Optimist's Creed by Christian Larson Promise Yourself ... To be so strong that nothing can...