Lost in Words

In 2022, I wrote a book called Son of My Father. I remember the moment the title came to me. I was pacing around my home, thinking — search...

When I began writing Son of My Father , I realised how much of my dad’s story I never really knew. So much of who he was existed quietly in ...

An extract from my memoir, Son of My Father.       A very different time. My Brother wrote the service for mam's funeral. He wrote the...

As I have been thinking about changing the cover of my book, I asked ChatGPT to come up with something that was more upbeat and colourful th...

The memories of a sixties' child.  Everyone has a story to tell. Here's mine in twenty chapter headings.  Chapter One — Just a Sma...

1) You ate sugar sandwiches, because jam was not available. 2) You had an aunt who would cut your hair. 3) The local library was the interne...

So, yesterday I decided to change the look of the blog layout and theme, and I think it now looks better. It has a cleaner look to it, no ba...

I made another visit to a local charity shop that regularly runs five books for a pound sale.  This is what I bought this time. 1) Pause by...

I came across an article in The Guardian online that posed the question, “why are biographies so popular?”  I could ask, are they?     I ...

I had a friend at school by the name of Colin. Although we were the same age, he was quite tall and a lot bigger than me. I suspect that be...

For the next seven days. Son of My Father is available on Amazon for £0.99. (Now expired). It can be found here.  Son of My Father

From Son of My Father, a further extract. I played for the school football team, but it almost didn't happen. We played on a Council r...

I’m in the back seat of a car parked down the road from a pub. This pub was in the city, but some way from home. It was the pub where, acc...

When I had the idea to write a book, one big question had to be addressed. Would I approach a publisher or an agent to do all the leg work i...

2023 has started with a bang in the world of books.  Spare is a memoir written by the British Royal who chose to step back from his role, P...