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Release Day: Midlife Dawn, Druid Heir Book 1

It’s finally here! Today’s the release day for MIDLIFE DAWN (Druid Heir Book 1)

Thanks to all who have bought it already and have reviewed it!

The e-book is exclusive to Amazon and is also available in Kindle Unlimited. The paperback is available wide, and for UK book lovers, my favourite retailer is Hive, which supports independent booksellers.

MIDLIFE DAWN features:

A magic-wielding heroine over 40

Found family

Action adventure

A kareoke-loving leopard

Gods and goddesses

A slow-burn ro...

Cover Reveal, MIDLIFE DAWN (DRUID HEIR BOOK 1)

I’m so excited to reveal the cover of Midlife Dawn, the first novel in my Druid Heir series! This beauty was designed for me by the wonderful Maria Spada. It’s going to be published on 31 October, so not long to go!





 





Blurb
 





Shivers of excitement shot up my spine. It was time to draw a line under the past and find a new me.
 





By forty, Alisha thought she’d be living her best life. When her idiot husband gambles away their savings, she divorces h...

Secret Project Reveal: Druid Heir Series

I’m so excited to share my secret project with you. During the pandemic I decided to write something lighter. Fantasy is a natural fit. I wanted to write something where the heroine is saving the world, not just surviving it. That’s when I discovered Paranormal Women’s Fiction. It’s a cross of urban fantasy, mystery and women’s fiction, in which middle-aged women discover they have magic and kick arse. I have a new pen name, N. Z. Nasser, and a new story world. It has been so fun to write. T...

In the Armchair: Audiobook Narrator L. Spooner

I have a wonderful guest to introduce to you for In the Armchair. 

L. Spooner just completed work on the audiobook for my second literary fiction novel, Hidden Colours. It’s a circus novel set in Berlin, with a wide cast of diverse characters and when I read about L. Spooner’s acting background and heard their sample, they sounded like the perfect fit. I particularly loved their voice for Isaiah, a young graffiti artist.

You can get the audiobook here and listen to a sample. I’m thrilled with it...

Release Day: Hidden Colours Audio Book

I’m thrilled to tell you that the audiobook of my literary fiction novel Hidden Colours, narrated by L. Spooner, has been released on Audible. 

This version has been a long time coming and it means a lot to me for the novel to get a second life this way. This story has my heart.

It’s your chance to fall in love the circus family I created. With Yusuf the acrobat, Emir the rotund ringmaster and Zul the clown. It was writing Zul that made me get over my dislike of clowns. Plus there’s a whole host...

Finding his Wings

Photo by Nillu Nasser

Our littlest has always been an early riser. Of our three children, he took the longest to sleep through the night. Even now, after a day at nursery, he needs body contact. He’ll run to our legs, cling on and laugh when we try and shake him off, squeeze us fiercely.

Most mornings he leaps into our bed, all elbows and knees. Today I woke up heavy with sleep, to find him role playing with his toys next to me. Cars, dinosaurs, balloons, bubbles, football, soft toys. A whirlwin...

Sticks and Stones: A New Poem for International Women’s Day 2021

Happy International Women’s Day to you and to all the wonderful women in our lives: the ones who we learn from, dance with, who stand by us every day, whom we admire from afar and whose shoulders we cry on. 

This is a poem I wrote for IWD21. Word of warning about the profanity in it…

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Sticks and Stones

They called her 

princess when she was young and malleable

good girl when she listened

babe when her breasts grew

bimbo when they made her small

They called her

liar when her stor...

On Emotional Range During the Pandemic

I’m 39 years old and I’m sensitive. It’s a quality that I’ve been aware of most of my life and one my parents often thought of as a flaw. To some, sensitive often means over-sensitive. It means we need to toughen up. To protect ourselves from waves of emotion. Feeling too much can complicate relationships and leave us stuck in a rut and incapable of happiness and success. Sometimes our emotions can lead us astray.

Photo by Hartwig HKD

But emotions are often a guide that reveal our needs an...

Forced Change and New Year’s Wishes

Photo by Trey Ratcliff

My mind is foggy. I finally found the time to unravel my thoughts here at the computer, where the rhythm of the keyboard helps me think.

Home-learning started again today. I put the edits for my next book aside and helped our 8 year old with his lessons. Tomorrow, our 11 year old’s home-learning starts, and we’ve decided to keep our 4 year old home from nursery for now.

It’s hard but I’m so grateful. I’m grieving for this hurting world. I’m in awe of our doctors a...

On the Loss of Touch

Photo by Nick Kenrick

This week, I missed my grandmother’s touch. I didn’t hug my mum or kiss my dad’s cheek. I didn’t invite my auntie to come in for a cup of tea. I didn’t lean in to touch a friend who is hurting. I didn’t visit grieving family friends. Have we ever needed the solace of touch more? Especially those who live alone. The grief and anxiety has been overwhelming in this pandemic year. Pockets of love and loneliness that we do nothing about, in case we are unwitting transmitters of ...