Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes (Part 6)
29 Welcome back to this series where we look at the quotes that inspire writers, poets and other creatives. Sitting down to write is not always the easiest of things to do and there are so many demands on our time including work and family commitments as well as many mundane chores that fight for […]
A Cup of Conversation with renowned thriller author Ian Sutherland
53 Welcome to my very special A Cup of Conversation with renowned thriller author Ian Sutherland who I first came to learn about when a childhood friend’s Book Club read his first novel and said they couldn’t sleep for weeks becoming so paranoid about their technological devices being bugged! I was intrigued as to how […]
A special 50th Birthday post for Lia Seaward…my sister
37 Welcome to this very special birthday post where I celebrate my sister’s 50th Birthday with a few blasts from the past and a few words from one of her best friends, her cousin and her two brilliant sisters!! I wanted to do something different for her – cards get shoved into drawers, photo albums […]
A Cup of Conversation with author Chris Toedt
28 1 Welcome to A Cup of Conversation! This is one of the most wonderful interviews I’ve done since I began the author interview series. Chris Toedt, has been so thorough and honest in sharing his thoughts and writing processes with me in this interview post. He is wise and clever and has connected with […]
Pascha 2018 and Greek Orthodox Easter traditions
48 Welcome to my weekly blogpost! I wanted to share with you the festival and traditions of a Greek Orthodox Easter. Pascha, Easter, is on the 8th April this year and represents the biggest religious holiday in Cyprus and across Greece and many Eastern Orthodox countries. It doesn’t always fall at the same time as […]
Review for The Summer Will Come from Cathy at What Cathy Read Next
35 Huge thanks and gratitude to Cathy of What Cathy Read Next for her wonderfully perceptive and in-depth review of my newly released novel The Summer Will Come, available on AMAZON. 4 * AMAZON REVIEW – posted on 20th March 2018 Emotional, engaging story set in 1950s Cyprus and London “The Summer Will Come tells […]
Excerpt…The Summer Will Come – 25th March 2018 release date.
31 During the troubles in Cyprus, in the 1950s, many school children were caught up in the hype of achieving Enosis (unity) with Greece. Too young to be swear their allegiance to EOKA – the main group behind the fight – they often bunked school and planned their own crude attacks on the British military […]
A Cup of Conversation with Scottish author Jackie Baldwin
19 This week I’d like to give Jackie Baldwin a very warm welcome as she joins us in A Cup of Conversation! Jackie and I have connected through a Writers’ Support Group on Twitter and although we have never met in person (a date in Foyle’s is still hovering in the diary!) Jackie’s quick wit […]
Evagoras Pallikarides, an EOKA hero – his poem which inspired the book title The Summer Will Come
27 Thank you for joining me this week as I share with you the inspiration for the title of my book. The title of my novel The Summer Will Come has been taken from the poem written by Evagoras Pallikarides. Evagoras Pallikarides was a hero and poet. He was born on 27th February 1938 and died on 14th […]
Extract from The Summer Will Come: Doomed…like the journey of Odysseus
18 ‘It’s doomed. It’s doomed,’ repeated her yiayia over and over under her breath but loud enough for Elena to catch. ‘Doomed…like the journey of Odysseus…oh Lord be with us and keep us safe.’ She pulled her black head scarf around her and crossed herself. ‘Stop it,’ said Evangelia. ‘You’re going to scare the children. […]