Freelance Writing

 "Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream."

 Complete and in Search of a Publisher!

The Jigsaw is for 7-9 year olds. Ten year old asthmatic Ross is dispatched to stay with his cousin, Amy, and her mother at their cottage in a Scottish village between Christmas and New Year while his constantly arguing mum and dad sort out their problems. When Amy finds an old jigsaw of the cottage as it used to be long ago, they start to put it together. But piece by piece their own world changes. Ross needs to solve a rhyming puzzle to set them free.

Summer of the Eagles is for 9-12 year olds. Sporty, Stephanie (Stevie) is orphaned in a terrible accident. With one leg slightly injured, she knows she'll never run for Scotland. Unable to handle her moods, Stevie's Gran sends her to her single aunt on a Scottish island for the summer. There, Stevie meets the strange eagle-boy, Karig, who protects and helps her, two dangerous poachers and some young people, including David, who befriend her. By the end of summer, Stevie has learned there is more than one kind of healing.

The Highland Lass : Eilidh Campbell returns home to the west coast of Scotland, after her mother's death in America, over twenty years after she was taken there as a child. She has one burning aim: to find out who her real father was. Why did her mother and aunt fall out all those years ago and what happened when they used to attend the US navy dances on Dunoon, when the navy was based in the Holy Loch? Along the way, Eilidh begins to fall in love, while tracing the story of Robert Burns and Mary Campbell (Highland Mary), her mother's namesake, who is buried in her home town. Highland Mary tells her own story in alternate chapters and, in the end, Eilidh finds that forgiveness is the only redemption.

Under 7s

Fern's First Winter:  Fern, the nosy little fox cub, discovers snow. After watching two children play near the nature trail, she puts herself in danger on a frozen stream.

Mr Tattiebogle:  Six year old Tony wants to dress up for a Hallowe'en party but his mum and dad are too busy to help. Then the old scarecrow comes to the rescue.

Tin-can-man:  Five year old Matthew is learning about recycling. Then he meets a very unusual little man who helps him to understand what it means.

The Angel's Gift:  Six year old Daniel is unhappy about being an angel in the school play. That's for girls! Then he learns about the important gift the angels brought to the baby Jesus.