My neice Catherine sent me this (slightly squiffy!) press cutting, from the Leigh Journal , in which I'm talking about Rowan .  If you click on the image you will be able to read it. The emphasis on vampires is a bit misleading.  Rowan really isn't a novel about vampires, although Aiden claims to have certain vampiric abilities (which Fabian seems to dismiss).  Rowan is more concerned with a young man taking control of his life and finding his place in the world.  I don't want to say too much, and therefore spoil the story for you.  But I can truly say that since publishing Rowan on Smashwords yesterday, copies have been selling at a much improved pace.   

As of this morning, Rowan is now entering wider ebook distribution.  For the last three months it has been exclusive to Kindle KDP Select, but having completed its time there I chose not to renew it.  So now you can download it from Smashwords in a selection of ereader formats, and once it's worked its way into their Premium Catalogue (which usually takes around two weeks) it will be distributed to the various outlets listed in the side-bar here. If you prefer a paperback copy, you can get that from Amazon.com also.   

A bird in the bush... It feels weird going for a walk with only one dog in tow.  Even Emily keeps looking behind her and waiting, as if half-expecting Ygraine to emerge from behind a clump of long grass.  Emily's missing her life-long buddy too.  And the heap of old jumpers between the wall and my computer desk feels very empty.  Ygraine always snoozed there while I worked.  I have begun compiling short stories for the forthcoming sequel to Dark Tides , which I've called Dark Waters .  However, since planning these two short story collections I have re-released the two Amazon Shorts ebooks, A Wirral Otherkin Trilogy and Quiet Lives , thinking that as they were already in publishable condition it would be silly to leave them gathering dust on a shelf.  A bird in the hand..., etc.  Compiling Dark Waters, I realised that too many of the stories which I'd earmarked for that project already feature in those.  So this project will have to slow down a bit until I'v

All her life, Dawn has been told she isn't beautiful. Armajeet is bored by compromise. The generation gap dances through an ordinary family. And the witch who welcomes a door-to-door salesman grants an unexpected gift. Appearances can be deceptive…and nothing is as it seems in these four short stories:- Beautiful ; Dear Harry ; The Four Seasons ; and Mirror . Quiet Lives The new ebook from Adele Cosgrove-Bray. ISBN: 9781476010632 (for all outlets apart from Kindle) ASIN: B0081P81QG (for Kindle)   

You can read this interview with me by Scarlett Rugers here .   

Munch's famous The Scream has just sold for the extraordinary sum of 120 Million Dollars .  Personal taste is, of course, totally subjective - but if I had 120 Million dollars I certainly wouldn't spend it on that ghastly painting! So, what would you spend it on?  A better house (or at that price, several better houses with plenty of spare $$$ left over)?  A collection of vintage cars?  Open your own holiday resort on an island, as a business investment?  Donate a sizable sum to life-extention research?  Over to you...   

Ygraine My Little Princess Pedigree name: Santosha White Earl 11th April 2000 - 2nd May 2012