What does your Creative Journey look like? If you are a student, you expect your work to be validated in order to get a mark. But what if you’ve left education and you’re adult?  Why is it that most writers and artists are desperate for validation from outside sources? In the main it is because it translates into sales. A prize; some praise, either written or spoken; encouraging words from family and friends; reviews from the public. They make a difference to the novel's visi

DAISY CHAIN was one of five novels shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Award for a first novel written by someone over 60. I was thrilled to be in the company of many authors signed by big Publishing Houses.

have just read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. In 2018, Gollancz released a republished version of this novel to coincide with the author's death. It was originally written in 1969.  As expected from the talented pen of Le Guin, this Sci-Fi novel lacks guns, wars, and high tech, but is as fresh today as it was fifty years ago.