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I’m just back from a two week holiday in Dublin with my family. Looking at the photographs, I decided that I can add skies as one of my favourite things! Just a short post this week while I catch up with washing, etc. My edits for Book 3 have arrived too. I’ll leave you with… Continue reading My Favourite Things – 3

July flew past – I can’t believe its August already! At the beginning of July, I went back to the writing class run by Sue Johnson which I attended for many years, but this time as a speaker. It felt a little surreal and almost like a graduation for me as a published author. I… Continue reading Morton S. Gray Out and About

Continuing with my occasional blog series detailing my favourite things, this week I’m talking about learning new crafts. My nan taught me to knit and crotchet when I was seven. In fact she was always experimenting with craft work and I think she gave me the bug. At one point in my life, I was… Continue reading My Favourite Things – 2

My Choc Lit colleague, Victoria Cornwall has a new book out, her third book in her Cornish Tales series! The Daughter of River Valley was published on 17 July 2018. I took the opportunity to ask her some questions. What led you to write The Daughter of River Valley? It was inspired by a beautiful valley in… Continue reading Returning the Spotlight to Author Victoria Cornwall

This week I’m joined by Angel Britnell. Her novella Here Comes the Best Man was published by Choc Lit last week on 10 July 2018. I asked Angela some questions:- Your new book Here Comes the Best Man features the preparations for a wedding, can you tell us about your own wedding? We married over… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Angela Britnell

This week I’m joined by Ruby Fiction author, Angela Barton. Her novel Arlette’s Story was published on 26 June 2018. I asked her some questions:- Hello Morton and thank you very much for inviting me to be a guest on your blog. What lead to you writing this novel? Prior to writing Arlette’s Story, I… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Angela Barton

I’m going to do a series of blogs about my favourite things and what defines me. And, there isn’t much in my life that isn’t defined by history – I love learning about the past. Ironic really that I dropped history at school before taking any formal examinations in the subject. My study is full… Continue reading My Favourite Things

I’m not really into football, but I am patriotic so always like to see England doing well at anything. After our win on Sunday, I thought it was appropriate to use football language to mark the signing of my third book with Choc Lit – my own hat trick! The new contract I’ve just signed… Continue reading My Own Hat Trick

This week I have a guest post by Juliet Archer author of One Summer Weekend published by Ruby Fiction on 19 June 2018. Over to Juliet …   A big thank you, Morton, for inviting me as your guest blogger – and hi to everyone! I’m very excited to tell you about my new book,… Continue reading Guest Post by Juliet Archer Author of One Summer Weekend

Carver Rodgers from my latest novel The Truth Lies Buried joins us today to talk about his dog, Wilf. Over to Carver … ‘When my late wife, Bliss arrived home one day with a bundle of grey fur that turned out to be a puppy, I was less than pleased. She called the dog Wilf… Continue reading Character Post by Carver Rodgers from The Truth Lies Buried