Life is all about perception and perception is everything. This book revolves primarily around the lives of an extended Essex family. Extended to include work colleagues, members of the ‘gang’ and others. Extended to include friends, both male and female. Aah! Friends. True friends, false friends, old friends, new friends, if there are such things.…
Snippets from Gr££d
Greed Synopsis Submission
Gr££d to be published in May 2013
Following a re-edit of my first prize-winning novel, I am delighted to confirm that the book will be available for purchase at the end of May in this year. Please watch this blog for details and how to buy. I am frantically working away at the final edit, but will retain a “Writer’s Cut” for…
A Sobering Thought for Christmas
T’WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE, MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY, WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO, IN THIS HOME, DID LIVE. I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE ,NO TINSEL, NO…
Day Thirteen – England, Slovenia, USA, Algeria, Ghana, Germany, Serbia, Australia
Finally, England’s day of reckoning had arrived. No more excuses, no more platitudes or attempts to apportion blame away from where it lay. It was time for a full English breakfast and a walk with the bulldog. Having scoured the Internet for something suitable a la Slovenia, I came up with a jolly nice little…
Day Twelve – Mexico, Uruguay, France, South Africa, Nigeria, Korea, Greece, Argentina
In view of the enormous task which lies ahead, today’s blog will be written in the future, present and past, as there has to be considerable planning. Eight nations to be catered by and just a few short hours in which to accomplish this mammoth task. And no mammoth. Three Latin American countries gave me…
Day Eleven – Portugal, PR Korea, Chile, Switzerland, Spain, Honduras
My turn to keep the faith today, at home on my own, so it required a Herculean effort not to degenerate into convenience and lack of input on the worldwide front. I am very fond of Portugal, though my attempts at dishing up anything remotely authentic had so far run simply to that for the…
Day Ten – Slovakia, Paraguay, Italy, New Zealand, Brazil, Ivory Coast
I decided to look forward today, rather than back and as a result, the mouth-watering prospect of an encounter with Brazil filled me with inspiration to cook. So I sat back and watched as Lynfa baked up a storm for both today and the rest of the week. By lunchtime, the kitchen resembled a battlefield,…
Day Nine – Netherlands, Japan, Ghana, Australia, Cameroon, Denmark
Phew! This is becoming difficult. Not the menus, but supporting England. How did we follow last night’s abysmal performance with a culinary fest suitable for the six nations on display? This is how we did it; Danish bacon sandwiches for breakfast at least restored some of our morale. Thick and juicy, served with Lurpak unsalted…
Day Eight – Germany, Serbia, Slovenia, USA, England, Algeria
England’s next foray into the melting pot of South Africa 2010 looked like a meat-fest without equal. Some of Europe’s happiest sausage eaters were on the menu for footie and the BBQ, so it required a little more imagination than I had really planned for. Electing to produce a ‘menu in reverse’ paid off in…