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Gillespie and I shortlisted for the Scottish Book Awards 2012!
Several years ago, seeing that some writers of my acquaintance had set up their own ‘author’ websites, I told my husband and friends to shoot me if I ever did the same thing. Here we are, not too many years later, and the world has changed: everybody and her auntie has a website nowadays. In fact, I wish my auntie DID have a website. It would be highly amusing, and we’d be able to check, in seconds, what she had bought every morning at Marks and Spencer. What better use of the interwebumalator or tinterweb - as my sister calls it.
This site includes links to booksellers like Waterstones and Amazon, where my novels can be bought, for practically nothing, in some cases. Indeed, there are wee men across the country, working around the clock, in order to invent smaller fractions of a penny, so that books, in general, can be sold for even less on Amazon.
Meanwhile, I’m staring at the computer screen for hours on end, until blood pours out of my forehead, trying to write some short fiction. This is supposed to be a break for me. Some break: I had forgotten that writing short stories is DIFFICULT.
I hope that you enjoy engaging with this website. I can’t take credit for any of it and can only say thanks to Nigel Paine, Master of the Universe, for his kindness and wisdom, to Justin Cockburn, for his contribution to the initial design concept, to Donna Payne for use of her fabulous handwriting and to Lucy Mulvagh for her expertise and efficiency in launching and maintaining the thing. I look forward to your comments and, of course, your Observations.
Latest News
Gillespie and I has been shortlisted for Scotland's largest literary prize - the Scottish Book Awards 2012.
The paperback edition of Gillespie and I is now available! You can buy it at Waterstones and Amazon.
Gillespie and I has been selected as one of The List's Best 5 Books of 2011 and The Scotsman's Fiction Books of the Year. The audiobook and CDs are also now available.
