I was busy working on my edits and up it came, the dreaded question mark. The Editor is quite happy with one of my characters speaking in...

Grumpa 3 or more correctly Grumpa agus na Nàbaidhean Ùra is in print. I have some copies which means it is now elevated to its correct...

Well, this is it. Bonnie weather and here I am stuck inside editing. I long for the days when I naively thought that writing was simply a...

Book Cover Annemieke Leverenz Here it is, the new cover for my next Blàs story, Blàs; Roots in the Soil. I love it. A suggestion of what...

I thought I would save you from any more pictures of Grumpa this week. So that leaves my new cover for Blàs; Roots in the Soil, the...

My fingers are itching to include a comma in that heading and add the word, hopefully. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times I have...

Two worlds clashed this week, language and paintings. The latter was actually the first but I like to be a bit topsy turvy. I chaired an...

I love the way the winter colours are reflected in our flag. Clear blue and shocking white. Well at least when snow falls. It is...

Illustration extract Sìne Annia NicGhillebhraithe Week three into the New Year and I have finally started to get my mind into some sort...

He is back not that he was ever really away. My robin that is. Obviously not just mine he probably ferrets around a number of gardens but...

If you have read any of my previous blogs you will know I have a certain soft spot for trees. Ok, I admit it, I love trees. This time of...

I’ve decided not to do a yearly round up like so many others. Every time I switch on the telly or listen to the radio they seem obsessed...

Well did Santa come for a pre-Christmas visit? Yes he did. The snowman theme blared outside, red and blue flashing lights shone through...

I know it is said that the Highlands are used to long dark days in the winter but in reality we are more used to sharp blue sky and...

Tis the season of the book cover. While the world is celebrating the coming festive holidays and the opportunity of a vaccine is ready to...

St Andrew’s Day is upon us and we have really only had one proper frost. A walk along the beach, did not result in the normal blue nose...

The Arts and I refuse to discuss ‘highbrow’ ‘low brow’ or even furrowed brow, is a very personal thing. Even within the many disciplines...

November and everything seems to be getting done, virtually speaking. Meetings, I can attend without thought as to where they would...

It was more of a gently workout rather than a struggle to get to the top of Pulpit hill. About half way up you can take a slight detour....

Do you remember that view I was starting to lose a few months ago? It is slowing creeping back. Although after yesterday perhaps slowly...