I’m off on an adventure!
~ Braeriach in May 2010 ~ Well, it’s that time of year again! I’ve worked extremely hard this month to hit my (enormous) target at work, and as…
Month: May 2013
New interview on Jonathan Hill’s blog
I’ve been featured on the ‘ten questions with…’ series of interviews with indie author Jonathan Hill. Click here to read the interview.
New short fiction competition hosted by Michael Brookes
Michael Brookes, author of The Cult of Me, is hosting a new short fiction competition on his blog. The competition is running throughout June and the challenge is…
New article published on UKHillwalking.com
I’ve had a new bit of journalism published on UKHillwalking.com: “We’ve all heard of the Munros, the list of Scottish peaks over 3000 feet in height, but what…
First look – EVEREST: THE FIRST ASCENT by Harriet Tuckey
On May the 29th, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the highest point on planet Earth. After fifty years of dreaming and hair-brained schemes, of…
Avalanche by moonlight
The ordinary experience on the UK’s mountains can be a predictable one. The weather is either middling, with low cloud, blustery wind and a splutter of rain, or…
The Chomolungma Diaries by Mark Horrell
The Chomolungma Diaries – what a Commercial Everest Expedition is Really Like by Mark Horrell Everest has been in the news a lot recently, and for all…
A different kind of Kindle promotion: the well-timed price drop
It’s no secret that I am not a great believer in the KDP Select programme. To the non-authors amongst my readership, I shall define the term: it is…
“The Only Genuine Jones” is 79p on Kindle for a limited time only
The Only Genuine Jones, my debut novel, is currently on a special Bank Holiday weekend promotion. The Kindle edition has been reduced to 79p until the end of…
The mountains of my life – Castor, my first Alpine peak
~ My brother James and Castor in the Swiss Alps ~ This blog post is part of a series of articles on mountains that have a special significance…
Work underway on “Forbes’ Challenge”
Today I would like to introduce my readers to a new project I’m working on. Although I am continuing to chip away at Alpine Dawn, that’s very much…