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June 25, 2021
What do Authors do in between Books?
Let’s be honest. As readers, we pay most attention to authors when they’ve recently released a new book. Ooh, shiny new reading material with a pretty cover. How exciting! And that’s perfectly understandable because even if we scour their monthly newsletters, look them up on social media, and gush over photographs of their dog/cat/boa constrictor, …
May 27, 2021
What I’m reading this Summer
The edits on the second novel in my fantasy series, the Haven Chronicles, are coming along nicely but I have to admit that working on my copywriting business and editing my novel have taken a toll on my reading. My eyes are too tired to read at bed-time and I can’t find much spare time …
April 22, 2021
5 ways that Readers can help Authors like me
Over the last couple of days, I’ve been asked the same question by a friend and a couple of readers. All three of them have read my debut fantasy novel Haven Wakes and left glowing reviews, but they wanted to know what else they could do to make my life easier. After a think, this …
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March 25, 2021
Progress? What I’ve been up to in March
I've been so head down in editing Book 2 of the Haven Chronicles that I completely forgot about writing a blog post until today, which unfortunately (or fortunately, in my case) coincided with me taking two hours out of my working day to get my hair done for the first time since Autumn 2020. Now, I'm back at my desk freshly coiff-ed and raring to go. Except...
February 15, 2021
More help for self-isolating readers
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 familiar with a completely different …
January 22, 2021
What you can expect from me in 2021
I meant to write this blog post at the beginning of January but time got away with me. In fact, I think that’s a sign of what the rest of my year is going to be like – busy, busy, busy. While much of the world was on hold in 2020, it feels like 2021 …
December 24, 2020
Before it all gets too busy…
I just wanted to wish you all the very best for the holiday. Thank you for all your support, patience and kind words over 2020. Here’s to a better, kinder new year.
December 21, 2020
A Little Festive Magic
Christmas may be the big star of the month but today is one of my favourite days of the year – the Winter Solstice. You might know it as Yule, or Yuletide. It’s the day towards the end of the year in the Northern Hemisphere when the daylight hours are at their shortest. It marks …
December 1, 2020
What to give Writers for Christmas?
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 question is ‘yes’ but you’re …
November 22, 2020
Looking Back Over 2020
I normally take a moment in December to look back over the year that is almost at an end, but 2020 has hardly been a ‘normal’ year. So I’m taking that moment in November instead. The Elephant in the World’s Front Room Whether you’re writing a novel based in the here and now, reporting the …
