Yeah! Freebies!! Why? Because I’m overwhelmed with excitement about the upcoming release of my next novel, The Emerald Tablet… and because who doesn’t like a freebie, right? So, we’ve got ourselves three prizes, all Turkish-themed, natch! To the winner, signed (and inscribed, if you like) copies of my two Benedict Hitchens novels, along with a …
The Suez Canal,1956. The world teeters on the brink of nuclear war, and the Middle East is a tinderbox. And archaeologist Benedict Hitchens is back. His natural inclination towards self-sabotage leads him on a high-stakes chase across the Middle East, from Istanbul to Cairo, to the ancient city of Jerusalem, and into the sands of …
Now I know what an elephant feels like. After a very long gestation, the birth of my new novel is just two weeks away. Straddling the politics and history of Egypt, Israel, and Turkey, and set in one of the most turbulent periods of the 20th century, The Emerald Tablet is quite a ride! If …
Cat + attempting to write = an impossibility. I surrender.
As much as I was joking about struggling to write my dedication in ‘The Emerald Tablet’, there was never any question about the people I’d be nominating. It was always going to be my just-about-perfect two children. The difficult bit was deciding how to phrase it. What do you think… too irreverent? Hope they like …
So this just arrived in the post. 🤩 Very, very exciting. I can’t WAIT to share this with you. Countdown to release day on 25 June.
Feeling a little sentimental. Might be the winter weather that’s doing it to me… this used to be the time of year I’d pack up and fly to warmer climes to excavate in Turkey. Or perhaps it’s the pending publication of my third novel which is, at its heart, a love story about a place …
So, I was applying for an ESTA permit for my son to visit the good ol’ US of A. And, what do you know… one of the things they requested were his social media details. Well. I have absolutely no concerns at all about that. Makes complete sense…all for our own good….nothing to see here …
First sign that you should maybe pack it in for the day? When, rather than working on the plot for your next novel, you start arranging your Han Solo figurine in improbable locations. Witness for the prosecution – the tape dispenser. And, yes. That’s the tape dispenser that did the Kessel Run in less than …
Multiple problems, to be honest. So, you’re writing along, minding your own business, when out of nowhere, the opportunity to describe … er, how to put this?… an intimate scene pops up (no pun intended). Being a ‘no holds barred’ kinda person, I dive in, literarily speaking (no typo – literarily is the word I …