My novels

Novels I have written… many set around the fictional town of Easthope, but others set in the North of England.
Stories I have written for young people, who may be literate and even fluent at reading but are reluctant to do so. it is hoped that this would lead them to be creative with language and maybe write themselves.
Writing guides
Anthologies and collaborations

My novels by Lois

Frowning as I write

I was pounding away at the keyboard, totally immersed in what I was writing; I broke off for a minute to have a drink and realised I was relaxing my face because I had been frowning intently… I wasn’t frowning with concentration, I was actually frowning because the character I was writing about was deep in […]

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Curious creature

If I were to write a children’s story, then this curious animal would have to feature in it; he is so charming, and looks so mournful. He seems to have little buds of horns between his ears, unless they are curls, and he seems to have a cloak around him, unless he is a funny sort […]

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Yet another secret door

Hidden in plain sight… how many times have I walked down this village street? Literally hundreds, if not thousands of times. I had noticed the other door in this wall a few feet further on, another door encrusted with ivy, a door I have never seen open… but somehow I didn’t realise there were two doors…my mind registered; […]

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