Dear All, It’s absolutely bonkers to think that this time last year was the launch of Kiss, Marry, Murder and now here I am again with the follow up! After a dry spell following Covid, I really feel like I’ve found my sea legs again when it comes to writing and I hope that youContinueContinue reading “JUNE!”
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Five Ways to Help Authors
Two weeks since the publication of Kiss, Marry, Murder and while reviews have been excellent so far, there’s no doubt the long tail of book promotion is difficult and unrelenting. I’m currently seeking opportunities to promote myself but the time spent researching this takes me away from writing the next book, which is arguably aContinueContinue reading “Five Ways to Help Authors”
It’s been a moment…
Well. It all went very quiet for a while there. It’s fair to say my writing life the past few years has been… tense. Erratic. Painful. Non-existent, on occasions. So it’s difficult, to know where to start with the story. At the beginning, I suppose! When I won the Comedy Women in Print award inContinueContinue reading “It’s been a moment…”
March: The longest month
Anyone else just waiting for this month to end or is it just me? I am very definitely NOT a winter person, so this final slog towards spring always leaves me bad tempered and emotional and desperate for company while being fully, one hundred percent aware that I’m the person you least want to callContinueContinue reading “March: The longest month”
February: Old friends, new friends, no friends
My feet have just about touched the ground again after four weeks of mayhem, starting with jetting off to Dubai for the wonderful Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature at the start of the month, which I was lucky enough to be invited to as a speaker and workshop facilitator. I don’t think there is anyContinueContinue reading “February: Old friends, new friends, no friends”
How it started… how it’s going…
Someone asked me last week, what it was like to be a debut author. It’s weird, because to be honest, I don’t feel very debut-like anymore, although as far as the glacial timelines of the publishing industry go, it’s entirely possible I could be considered ‘new’ for another 23 years. But the initial excitement andContinueContinue reading “How it started… how it’s going…”