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In honour of March 14th, commonly known as Pi day, this week’s snippet involves (a) a maths teacher (Robert) and (b) some food (although not pie, I’m afraid!) Here, near the start of Caught!, posh boy Robert and his down-to-earth … Continue reading →

Apparently in some parts of the world, the clocks go back tonight (here in the UK, we have 3 more weeks to go) so it seemed appropriate to snippet from my tongue-in-chee time-travel short story, Back From the Future. Our … Continue reading →

As I was at a steampunk convivial yesterday (much fun and frivolity had by all), I thought I’d snippet today from Counter Culture, my novel featuring a romance between a steampunk – Archie – and a sales assistant (Robin, but … Continue reading →

I’ve asked for, and have been given, the rights back to my novels, novellas and short stories with Dreamspinner Press. It’s a sad decision, as they were one of the very first publishers I wrote for, way back in 2009. … Continue reading →

25th January, as well as being my parents’ wedding anniversary (blimey – 62 years and counting!) is traditionally the day on which premier Scottish poet Robert Burns is celebrated. Happy birthday Rabbie – you’d have been 261 today! 🙂 So … Continue reading →

I’m delighted to say that a collection of my f/f short fiction is now available in ebook – paperback due out next month. And it’s on sale at JMS Books at 20% off – for a limited time only, so … Continue reading →

This week I’m snippeting again from the first Plumber’s Mate Mystery, Pressure Head, because why not? It’s still early days for Tom and Phil, in terms of forgiving and forgetting the past: “You can’t just turn up after a dozen … Continue reading →

I’m in the middle of writing the sixth Plumber’s Mate Mystery, which has a working title of Stop Cock, and is set in Italy while Tom and Phil are on honeymoon. So for this week’s snippet I’m going right back … Continue reading →

Like many retailers right now, Smashwords has a sale on, and all my eligible books are at 50% off! You can find a full list here: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JLMerrow ETA: Sale ends January 1st, so you’ll need to be quick to snap … Continue reading →

The first Christmas cards have arrived, I’m sitting here dressed in red and green and I’ve even managed to do a bit of present shopping, so here’s a snippet from my newly-released super-quick holiday read Just Like Santa. Here, nursery … Continue reading →