GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree

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I Belong to No One

I Belong to No One launched in the UK

December 7, 2015 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 29 Comments

I Belong to No One launched in the UK on Thursday 3rd December, as scheduled. And so did You Belong to Me, the latest psychological suspense novel from UK Author Samantha Hayes. Here is how one Tesco store handled that co-incidence. What a hoot! It was Samantha Hayes who brought it to my attention. She … Continue reading I Belong to No One launched in the UK

A Study in Procrastination

December 1, 2015November 24, 2015 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 20 Comments

I promised myself that I would start writing another book at the beginning of October. No more procrastination. No more mulling over themes.  It will be the novelised story of my great-grandmother leaving a comfortable lower middle-class life in industrialised Bradford, Yorkshire, coming on her own to Australia, and (not) making good. A rags to … Continue reading A Study in Procrastination

BAYKO – The Original Plastic Building Sets

October 19, 2015April 25, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 35 Comments

There is a scene in I Belong to No One where, as a sixteen-year-old with time on my hands, I drag out the toys belonging to my nine-years-older brother without his permission. I spread out his Hornby rail track and engines. I build signals and gates with his Meccano set, and I drive his Dinky toys … Continue reading BAYKO – The Original Plastic Building Sets

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