A south London gig

I've been invited to Dulwich Readers' Group at Dulwich Library, Lordship Lane next Thurs 29/6 from 7.30pm.
I'll be doing a couple of readings and then there will be general chat about writing, getting published etc etc.
Entrance is free and there's wine and nibbles.
If you're in the area, I'd love to see you!

Viva Espana!

I've just heard that Trading Tatiana is to be translated into Spanish and published by El Tercer Nombre. I don't know the publication date yet, but will post soon as ...

While I'm here ... There's loads of brilliant stuff going on in my blog - stimulating debates, skills and information sharing and a really supportive virtual community.
To get a full flavour, check out the comments on the posts and also the links on the right hand side.

Lots of buzz this week ...

Petrona has posted a wonderful review of Nirvana Bites on her blog.
Crimeficreader has been giving me loads of advice and suggestions to pass onto my agent.
There's also been some really brill debates going on in my blog and those I'm linked to.
I so love this virtual community I've found myself a member of ...

A fantastic review!

Mystery Women have done a fab new review of Trading Tatiana in the June issue of their mag.
Reviewer Ruth Wade (I think I love her!) says, 'DA brilliantly evokes the lives of people living on the fringe...the central character is engaging and sparky and the runway teenage prostitute, Tatiana, is very believeable in her complexity...DA writes with a lightness of touch that does leave room for lots of gentle moments...A book threaded through with the warmth of caring relationships and ultimately says a lot about the triumph of compassion over sleaze...Full of fast-paced action and tension, TT is a book I recommend reading. It opened my eyes to a thing or two.'
Yippee! This is the kind of thing that gives you strength to carry on.

Home again

While we were in Italy I only put pen to paper once - and that was to do a Sudoku!
Blogging is taking a big chunk out of my creative time now that I'm back (as well as having to battle for use of the laptop with its new downloaded racing games - whatever was I thinking of letting them buy them?) but I see it as a different part of the same process. In fact I can't help wondering if things would have been different if I'd had the site and blogs set up when Nirvana Bites first came out. Ah well, life's too short for regrets.