Alison’s Blog Archive
📚 Gorgeous and exclusive 📚
Hey there, lovely reader, Now that April has rolled around, I’m starting to prepare for my trip to the UK at the end of next month. I’ll be there until September and during that time my son will be leaving for Indiana to take up a university place. Lots of changes are…
📚 Cover Reveal 📚
Hey there, lovely reader, I’ve been rotating between writing and doing my jigsaw this week. Early into a new book, I take lots of breaks to allow for ideas to pop into my head. Sometimes they arrive, sometimes they don’t. And maybe it’s just a good excuse to take…
📚 An exclusive preview 📚
Hey there, lovely reader, Another week has gone by! What happened? I’ve been in my writing bubble working on my next book. Early days but I’m excited to see where it goes. Today, I have an exclusive preview of something I made when I needed a break 😀. Something I…
📚 What am I going to write in 2025?📚
Hey there, lovely reader, I hope you had a lovely holiday season and are back in the swing of things. Thank you to everyone for your well wishes about my leg, which is now mostly mended. I wear a brace on occasion, and take care when I’m out and about, but it’s not…
📚 Jigsaw Puzzle Joy 📚
Hello lovely people, I’m’ sure you’re busy setting up your holiday, so I’ll be brief. I absolutely love my jigsaw advent calendar and plan on making my own next year. Sitting on my sofa with a tray and a small jigsaw puzzle to put together in the warm with something…
📚 Do you know what I nearly called the latest Graham 📚
Hey there, lovely reader, Over the past few years, I have developed a taste for novelty advent calendars. This year, I have three running: A brain teaser a day, a tiny pot of jam a day, and a jigsaw puzzle per day. The jigsaw puzzle comprises twenty-four thirty-six…
📚 What a fortnight 📚
Hey there, lovely reader, My, my, it’s been an exercise in humility these past two weeks. I’ve had to suck it up, get outside my comfort zone, accept I don’t know stuff, and prepare myself for looking like an absolute fool on numerous occasions. A couple of weeks ago,…
📚 How do I do it? 📚
Hey there, lovely reader, I broke open the Christmas decorations this week. The trees aren’t available yet, but I can put up the rest and it seemed a good way to spend my time as I adjust to returning to the US. This week I’m answering a reader’s question, announcing…
📚 Some pretty pictures 📚
Hey there, lovely reader, I have returned from a very wet, chilly, and windy UK. In the two months, I got a lot done, much of which involved managing manly men and their trucks and tools, dirt, and physical exercise. If nothing else it kept me warm in the cold. I also…
📚 Beautiful covers 📚
Hello! I’m heading into the last couple of weeks of my UK trip. It has been lovely to be here: I’ve visited with friends and family, had a lot of quiet time to read and work, and almost my favorite thing of all, I’ve been dealing with quite a number of manly men and…





