It’s been a bad three months. I haven’t been as proactive as normal in promoting my books because of other commitments and real-life issues that have cropped up. All of which has led to tumbleweed being the only thing moving on my sales dashboard. It is very depressing. Facebook seems to have become a ghost town. Whether this is because no-one is posting, or FB’s ever-changing algorithms I don’t know. But the vast majority of posts I see are from groups I’ve never joined, peo

It was Christmas 2016. I had been out of work for six months, and our finances were still looking good. I was approached by someone in my...

December was a bleak month for me creatively. I found myself unable to write a blog post, let alone work on my novel. I had no ideas, no...

In an ideal world, we writers would be able to employ an editor or two, a cover designer, a marketing guru and a general PA to coordinate...

Do you like vanilla? I don’t mind it as a flavour, but I know very few people who would choose it as their favourite, myself included. I...

It is just over a year since my first book went live on Amazon, and I’m amazed at how things have snowballed since that first foray into...

I have just pressed the button to publish my second book, Secrets of the Towers, and I am suddenly plagued with doubts. Of course, this...

When I first wrote Master and Apprentice six years ago, my sister pointed out to me that my female characters were weak and two...

This week I had the privilege of critiquing a fledgling authors work. She had written 2,000 words and, feeling stuck, asked for someone...

I self-published my book nearly three weeks ago now and I feel like my life has taken a fall down a rabbit hole. Since then, all other...

Last year, for the first time, the Winchester Writer’s Weekend decided to trial a Writer’s Circle package as part of their online...

This month has been a real struggle. My Dad's health is failing, and although I am not close enough to take part in any of the care and...

I was incredibly excited, yet equally terrified, to have a 15 min interview with an agent about my latest manuscript. I thought I was...