On Mary’s Desk - work in progress
A Christmas with the Carols
Status - First draft in progress
Something a little different, just in the planning/thinking phase currently. A re-telling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, but with women as the central characters, set in Scotland, in 1930. Why not?!
Fortunately for us, though unfortunately for the family Dickens, this particular story is out of copyright and therefore available for anyone to use as a basis for their own tale. Half the fun is finding something new to bring to it.
The Safety Man
Status - First edits in progress
The fifth installment of the Catching Up series, picks up a few months after Equally Wrong left off. The 1930s are not going to be particularly kind to Caroline, but she will continue to have her adventures and meet some more new people along the way - as well as seeing plenty of her old chums.
Wynn Vale Tales
status - Available for advance orders (click on cover image)
Unlike Caroline’s adventures in the Catching Up series which are set in real locations in the south of England, Wynn Vale is a fictional county, nestled between Devon and Dorset. The era is still my beloved inter-war years, and we still have some strong women to get to know.
However, these tales are less Stella Gibbons-esque, more Thomas Hardy (in essence; I would never compare my work directly with the great man’s!). A little darker, a little more fancifull.
Daisy Clare’s Book of Poetry
Status - in progress
An on-going project ‘in collaboration’ with one of my favourite characters in the Catching Up series. Poems about rural life, loves and longings. When we’ve written enough of them, they will be published.
Watch this space!
