My husband and I were doing some spring cleaning the other day, and I found something I thought I had long lost: three A4 pages of...

I thought, this week, that I would share a little bit about how I became a writer. It is an odd tale to tell, because in all honesty, I...

The Vampyre (Strigoiul) by Vasile Alecsandri I have been making an effort to read more – I have found it hard to motivate myself to do...

I thought I’d take a little break from working on my WIP to share some of the other novels that I have read in the same genre. Some of...

I’ve written a lot about the challenges that come from being a writer; time management, disappointing feedback, seeing the big picture,...

As cliches go, the ‘... woke up and it was all a dream’ ending, is one of the laziest tropes out there. However, I did have an experience...

My newest project is a children’s story idea. Suffice to say I will not describe it here; however I do believe there is enough scope in...

This week I received my results for my final assignment, the overall module and the invitation to graduate and gain my MA in Creative...

Last night I got the excellent news that the Autumn issue (Halloween special) of Siren’s Call was out, which means that I can share links...

It has been suggested that I might talk about my developing writing and the point at which skills and techniques that I have been...

For the last few weeks I have been working on a novel WIP that I began around two years ago. It has been going quite well, albeit in fits...

When I was a kid, I always imagined that I would write some day. I didn’t realise – at the age of nine – exactly how much time would be...

I decided this morning that I need to get writing again: properly. Last week I talked about getting to the desk to see what I can do, and...

It is quite hard to believe that a week ago today, I was in theatre having brain surgery. It has been a surreal 3+ months, and I am...