Sweeney Jim was awarded second place in The Scottish International Open Poetry Competition (long poems) in 1997. Fin de Millennium was awarded second place in the Scottish International Open Poetry Competition (long poems) in 1999.
"If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?" (Emily Dickinson)
My first three medieval mysteries, the Mariana novels THE WITCH OF BALINTORE, THIRTEEN-CARD SPREAD and WRONG WAY ROUND THE CHURCH are all now also available in Kindle Editions (as is a special edition of THE JESUS BHAKTI POEMS along with FIN DE MILLENNIUM)