Magnum Opus

This is the first draft cover design of my 5th book, Magnum Opus, featuring an English Castle, a Damascus Mosque, a medieval leather book and a pigeon! All relevant to the story. So pleased to have such good feedback on this cover with some useful suggestions, particularly on Linkedin, with some on Facebook and Instagram….

Amazon

Amazon has suspended ads for my first 2 books, Michmash and Armageddon. These number 700 so its a serious blow to my marketing efforts and sales. I have found out that this is due to the Israel/Palestine current troubles, where these books are set. Of course the events in my books happened over 100 years…

Magnum Opus

I’ve just sent my final version to my wonderful Editor, Alison and looking forward to her alterations and suggestions and receiving them back. That’s when the hard work starts! My designer Jason will soon complete the first impressions and I cant wait see these. I will post them here for all to see. Also on…

Magnum Opus

I have just sent off my first draft to my editor. This for me is a very important moment. She is going to write a critique and I’m very anxious about her opinions. After 3 years of graft and 74k words I’ve no idea of the quality of my work. At least when she tells…

Music

Do you like background music when you are working? If so, what kind of music do you like which doesn’t distract you but helps you concentrate. Does Rock, Pop or Garage relax you, or would you prefer Country. When I am writing I like to have good classical music playing – not the noise of…

We drove back to Jerusalem, and on to the road to Bethlehem. I had cycles this route twice before, but I was surprised by the huge volume of traffic and the urban sprawl, between the cities. Finally we came to that awful wall dividing people and we had to leave our taxi and find another on…

The Michmash Miracles

Continuing the story…..Our taxi pulled up on the verge of the steep area where we knew the battles took place. We walked up the slope, enjoying the strong smell of rosemary and a few brightly coloured wild flowers. We climbed up to the top where we could overlook the high area occupied by the enemy,…

The Michmash Miracles

My first and favourite book. As a family we enjoyed travelling and researching for this book. We travelled to Israel/Palestine staying in the historic city of Jerusalem. The city conquered 34 times in known history and where Jesus was killed and resurrected. Our mission was to find and explore the site of the battle of…