I’ve always been captivated by doors, staircases, and any kind of threshold. To me, they signify a beginning, the unknown, and taking a chance. They’re the moment when we grip our courage tight and step out into something altogether different. *** “What do we do?” said Steve. “Well, we can’t Read more…
With the third instalment of the Haven Chronicles YA fantasy series well on the way, I thought it was time to reintroduce the books so far. Oh, and drop a couple of hints about what you’ll discover in book three too.
Back in March last year, when most people had just entered the Covid-19 lockdown, I posted about where readers could find extra things to read if they couldn’t afford to buy lots of new books in Help for Self-Isolating Readers. By the beginning of this year, I was all too Read more…
First question: Do you have friends and family who are writers? It doesn’t matter if they’re published or not. If they write, they’re writers. Second question: Do you know what to get them for Christmas and how to help them enjoy the festive season? If the answer to the first Read more…
If you want to get into the mood for the Halloween season, nothing tops a scary read, or two. Whether your preferred scares are ghosts, vampires, re-animated corpses, demonic, or psychological, I have a book to suit. The Graveyard Book The Graveyard Book is aimed at a 12+ readership but, Read more…
I can officially announce that Burning Chair Publishing have offered me a publishing contract for the second book in my YA fantasy series. On 14th September, I happily emailed my signed publishing contract back to Burning Chair and began the process of editing my manuscript after receiving feedback from Pete Read more…
So it’s International Women’s Day 2020 and there have been all kind of celebrations of inspirational women over this past week. This year’s theme is ‘An equal world is an enabled world’ and within that, one of the missions is to ‘increase visibility for women creatives’. So here I am, Read more…
Today, I have the pleasure of introducing to you not only a fellow author but long time writerly friend Heather Blanchard. Heather writes about magic, mystery, folklore and the supernatural.
It’s been one of those weeks when the writing is slow, and the brain fog thick. I have articles to complete for a client and the first draft of my novel to get on with. I know the words are somewhere in there but they’re reluctant to make themselves known. Read more…
In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re full-on into shopping mode in time for the festive season. One of the best presents, in my opinion, that you can give is a book. I suppose I would say that as a writer, but I’m not flogging my own novel in today’s blog Read more…