Personal writing achievements and news for happy sharing.
Yay! I just won the Port Writers’ Open Writing Competition, with my short story ‘About Time‘. Oh my gosh, I’m absolutely thrilled! And what lovely comments from the judge too, who said my story: ‘Has a strong narrative voice’ ‘Never flags in its pace’ ‘Allows a clever revealing of the…
Waking up to praise… Who doesn’t like hearing good things about their work, especially first thing in the morning. Yesterday, I woke up to find a wonderful testimonial in my Inbox, from a client whose novel I recently edited. Big smiles all day! I love editing manuscripts – helping other…
I recently had food poisoning for six days, and it taught me a thing or two about life. For the first couple of days, I tried not eating much and sticking to plain foods, but my symptoms got worse. I had tests. The doctor advised me not to eat at…
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What do the following books have in common? The answer is: they’re the best ‘It’ll be better when I get there’ SFF YA Books! Shepherd is a book discovery platform for readers and authors, designed to make discovering a new book a magical experience where the search is part of…
Thanks to everyone who came to the launch of When Dark Roots Hunt on Saturday! We had so much fun together! My editor and publisher (Anna Solding from MidnightSun Publishing) and I shared funny anecdotes from the editing process, I introduced the book and did a reading, we had an…
Wow, big thanks to Studio42 for this amazing interview! The incredible Jules Cavendish and Cale Hellyer asked me such interesting questions, including: We also talked about my novels Towards White and When Dark Roots Hunt. Studio42 interview individuals from around the globe, seeking truth, and discussing a variety of ‘Life…
