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The Writing Game

7/6/2022

Through His Eyes was launched into the world in March and since then I've been working on another book with the working title of The Bone Man.
In between Bone sessions I've been collating my short stories. Until I tried to sort them out into some kind of order, I hadn't realised how many I'd written. I'd forgotten some of them completely!
I suspect this collection of shorts my become my next publication. Three have been published in anthologies, which I'll credit in the book. Some have come about as a result of regular writing events in my favourite Facebook book group, UK Crime Book Club. They've never been seen by the wider world, though. This is their chance for freedom!
I'll let you know when they're ready to read.

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Through His Eyes - publication date for e-book 19th March 2022. Paperback available now.

3/10/2022

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I'm pleased to say that Through His Eyes will be available to buy from March 19th 2022 as an e-book. I'm hoping the paperback will be ready then, if not sooner. Click on the image to go to Amazon.

What's it all about?

Kim is in her early twenties when she begins to suffer the ‘absences’. She is told by doctors she has epilepsy but she isn't confident the diagnosis is entirely correct.

There are times she sees things through the eyes of another, a man she doesn’t know. Things that appal and terrify her. And when it emerges that she is closer to this man than she realises, it is only a matter of time before their lives collide and she ends up at his mercy.

Nobody knows where she is. Time is running out. She has to find a way to save herself.

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Through His eyes - cover reveal

10/23/2021

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Here's what it's about.

Kim is in her early twenties when she begins to suffer the ‘absences’. She is told by doctors she has epilepsy but she isn't confident the diagnosis is entirely correct.

There are times she sees things through the eyes of another, a man she doesn’t know. Things that appal and terrify her. And when it emerges that she is closer to this man than she realises, it is only a matter of time before their lives collide and she ends up at his mercy.

Nobody knows where she is. Time is running out. She has to find a way to save herself.

I've made a lot of progress in recent edits and I'm now happy with the story. Circumstances suggest that it will be published early in the new year, but if anything changes I'll be sure to let you know.

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Coming soon...

9/4/2021

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Becca has some reviews!

3/14/2021

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I've had some very encouraging reviews for Becca after its first fortnight. I'll just add a few selected sentences here.

'In turns disturbing and heartwarming, this is one you won't want to miss.'
'An intense read that tells a good story...'
'Some of the best writing I've read in ages.'
'A wonderful read, which I highly recommend.'
'A story that makes you realise that not everything is what it seems...'
' It's no secret I'm a big fan of Middleton's; her writing is practically flawless.'
'It is one of those reads you learn from and that stays with you.'
'Very tense, excellent drama. Really enjoyed,'

This is what keeps us writing!

On to the next book.

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It's been a long time coming...

2/24/2021

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Along with many another author, I've found the distractions of a pandemic not an easy environment for writing. Most of this book was written some time ago. In between, it's been short stories - little bursts of ideas that I didn't have to knuckle down and concentrate on.

I'm hoping that when vaccinations have been fully rolled out and the restrictions on our lives somewhat eased, I'll get down to letting ideas spark off a full novel again.

Becca is now published in paperback and will soon be out as an ebook.

Laura has carried her baby for almost seven months before she loses her. The tragedy prompts different responses from Laura and her husband Adam. He is willing to move on and try again but she feels somehow that their daughter, Rebecca, still exists and must not simply be replaced.

Over time, it becomes clear to Laura that Becca does still exist, and it is not long before she is sharing her most intimate thoughts with the woman she believes her daughter would have become.

Laura’s marriage to Adam collapses, and when Adam remarries, Laura is consumed by regret and jealousy. And when she hears of his new wife’s pregnancy, it is more than she can bear. She and Becca are convinced she must act

Buy here

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Coming soon

2/10/2021

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Here's what it's all about

Laura has carried her baby for almost seven months before she loses her. The tragedy prompts different responses from Laura and her husband Adam. He is willing to move on and try again but she feels somehow that their daughter, Rebecca, still exists and must not simply be replaced.
Over time, it becomes clear to Laura that Becca does still exist, and it is not long before Laura is sharing her most intimate thoughts with the woman she believes her daughter would have become.
Laura’s marriage to Adam collapses, and when Adam remarries, Laura is consumed by regret and jealousy. And when she hears of his new wife’s pregnancy, it is more than she can bear. She and Becca are convinced she must act.

Available soon in ebook and paperback.

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Autumn already?

8/29/2020

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I still seem to be involved with the short story genre, for anthologies or just to post on my favourite Facebook crime book group.

We still have colour in the garden and plenty of fruit and vegetables to harvest but it's starting to feel cold!

What better excuse to stay indoors and read, and here are some of the books I've particularly enjoyed in August. All rather gruesome this time. I promise to be nicer next month.

Yeah, right!

Dance with the Reaper by Wes Markin. High octane police thriller and part of a series.

Endless Silent Scream and Slow Slicing by Tony Forder, a recently discovered author for me and I can't get enough!

Grave's End by William Shaw, another in a series that continues to get stronger.

Horsey Mere by David Blake, fifth in an atmospheric Norfolk Broads series.

This Side of Death by Andrew Barrett. Eddie Collins as you've never seen him before. Sixth in the series.

I hope if you try any of these you enjoy them as much as I did.

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Writing - mine and other people's

7/3/2020

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My recent publication, Tales from Daggy Bottom, has had some lovely comments. It's provided the light relief a lot of people have needed just lately.
"A very easy going read."
"Some laugh out loud moments."
Really, really loved it. More from this author, please."
Comments like this really do spur you on to write more.

I'm not alone, I know, in finding concentration difficult during the pandemic. I seem to be writing more short stories these days and, apart from those in Daggy, I've produced four this year, for charity anthologies of various types. I'll let you know when they're published.

Meanwhile, I have a few recommendations for you. Books I've read recently and can really recommend as good reads.

The Lies I Tell by Joel Hames. The story of a criminal, a scammer, you can really root for. Twists your thoughts a bit, this one.

The Secret Wife by Steve Robinson. History, crime, mystery and excitement. One I really hope will see a sequel.

The Skittering by David Haynes. Modern times meet classic horror. If insects didn't give you the creeps before, they will now! A great, creepy story.

The Minders by John Marrs. Something for your inner conspiracy theorist that'll keep you turning the pages.

Gray Genesis by Alan McDermott. Prequel, and the start of an adventure series you'll really want to read.

Just to prove I don't just read war and death and crime, there's A Reluctant Hero by V K McGivney. Funny, wise, a look at the life of a middle-aged man sucked into problems not entirely of his own making.

I hope you find something here to interest you.

Kath xx

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And when she's not writing...

5/3/2020

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I've found myself revising writing rather than settling to new work, which I think is a consequence of the strange times we're living through. I'm dreaming of wartime situations and being pursued and I think many people are having 'lockdown dreams' of a similar sort. Not nightmares. Not enough to wake me with a racing heart, but definitely unsettling.

I have two books almost ready to go but no feeling of urgency about them. My creative instincts are finding outlet in different ways. I've been knitting pairs of hearts for hospitals and care homes whose residents are separated from loved ones by the virus - even if they themselves don't have it. One stays with the resident/patient and one is sent to the family, as a small connection in a dislocated life.

I've been gardening like I used to when I had an allotment. We'll be up to our elbows in tomatoes, squashes and beans by late summer. Some of the tomatoes are those I bred myself.

And I've been cooking. From the lack of flour in the shops I'm not on my own! The Greatest British Bake Off is taking place all over the country. I've been making crisps too, something we've settled down to nibble on during the Downing St briefings.

Tweaking recipes, breeding and repotting plants isn't all that far from editing! And the books will follow.