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Today, I have a guest interview with fellow Choc Lit author Kirsty Ferry. Kirsty is married with one son, lives in the North East of England and won the English Heritage/Belsay Hall National Creative Writing competition in 2009 with the ghostly tale Enchantment. Her timeslip novel, Some Veil Did Fall, a paranormal romance set in… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Kirsty Ferry

This week I’m offering a chance to win one of two handmade crotched rose brooches – one red and one green. To enter you need to be one of my blog followers. Use the sign up options on the right hand side of the page on my website http://www.mortonsgray.com to register. Lots of exciting interviews… Continue reading Competition Time

I was pondering the need for a satisfying story to have a backbone. I’ve just finished reading Before You by Kathryn Freeman, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The story is set against the yearly Formula 1 season and it struck me that this provided a great structure against which the lives of the characters are played… Continue reading The Backbone of a Story

Today, I have a guest interview with fellow Choc Lit debut author Lynda Stacey. I first met Lynda in 2014 when we both shortlisted for the Festival of Romance’s New Talent Award. We both now write for Choc Lit, having won their Search For a Star competition, Lynda in 2015 and myself in 2016. Lynda, is… Continue reading Interview with Guest Author Lynda Stacey

House – For those of you who have followed the aftermath of a dustbin lorry colliding with my house and car in May, (see previous blogs) –  the front wall of the house has been rebuilt, the cracks in the bedroom have been repaired and the room repainted. Just the new garage doors to go… Continue reading Round Up

I’ve been asked a lot lately about what made me a writer – so I decided to try to define it. Learning to read before I started school gave me a voracious appetite for reading books. My mother made sure I had plenty in the house. We went to the library once a week and… Continue reading How I Became a Writer

I decided to dedicate a blog to memorial benches. These have provided me with endless inspiration. I’ve even thought I should write a non fiction book about them. The pictures below show one of my favourite memorial benches at Witley Court in Worcestershire. I once wrote a poem about this gentleman that eventually morphed into… Continue reading Memorial Benches

Today, I thought I’d try a different sort of blog, a picture one, to celebrate the flowers and colour in my garden. Enjoy and let me know which are your favourites.

On Wednesday, it is Choc Lit Publishing’s seventh birthday. In celebration of this, I’ve written seven things about my association with Choc Lit. Check out their website here. I’m so proud that my debut novel will be published by this particular publisher, as my desire to join them goes back almost as far as the point… Continue reading Happy Birthday Choc Lit

I always try to look for the positives in life. However, I’ve just been through (fingers crossed we have turned the corner) a period of life that would try most people. Im only just blogging about it as I’ve been just a little overwhelmed. Having said that, you can always find someone having a worse… Continue reading Looking for the Positives