APOLOGY I missed my day for the blog yesterday. Completely forgot about, as I'm currently deep in revisions of a new story. So by way ...

 The other day I saw a mention somewhere of the Grandmother's secret room, as featured in The Princess and the Goblin , a 19th century c...

In folklore, midsummer is a liminal time, when the veil between worlds thins. Which means it's often when stories of fairy encounters ta...

  As, appropriately I suppose, the plot regarding repayment of tax paid by ALCS to HMRC thickens, and because many of you kindly read the po...

Bouncy enthusiastic dog Waffles longs to hug dignified cat Julius. But Julius just wants to sleep in peace.  Those opposites characters are ...

  It is heartening to read that that children’s enjoyment of reading and their daily reading habits have risen for the first time in five ye...

Welcome to the June round-up of Scattered Authors news. The weather has already swung from scorching to torrential and the school summer hol...