A hundred people can read a book and give a hundred responses ranging from “That was awful, and I didn’t bother finishing” to “That was...

You have probably never heard of Bezalel and Oholiab, but I have been thinking a lot about them recently. They appear once in the Bible,...

There was a time, not so long ago, when I would read to the end of a book regardless of whether I liked it or not. This is especially...

When I turned thirty, I went on a crying jag. As far as I was concerned, the best of my years were behind me and there was nothing to...

Hello! My name is Holly and I write under the pen name HL Bernabe. Sue so sweetly asked me to do a guest blog for her and I couldn’t say...

It’s easy to think this world is full of hateful people spewing vitriol or making plans to destroy, maim and kill. The news is full of...

One of the reasons I love the fantasy genre is because it takes you out of this world, with its wars, injustices, and strident opinions,...

When I first started writing, I gave up reading fantasy stories for reasons I explain here. I didn’t feel confident as a writer to able...

One of my favourite TV programmes is “The Repair Shop”. I am always amazed and seriously impressed at the artisans who can take something...

One of my best friends is my opposite in so many ways. She is young, athletic, and loves being outdoors. I’m a snuggly couch potato who...

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...

Writing a book is a painstaking process. From initial idea, to carefully and lovingly crafting each sentence, to the pain of editing,...

Today I achieved something truly amazing. I fully expected trumpets and confetti when I walked out of the Post Office this morning....

A few days ago, I was asked what sort of books I write. As always, I ducked my head, became a bit flustered, and muttered ‘stuff about...

You don’t have to be writing long before you hear about an annual event called NaNoWriMo. Short for National Novel Writing Month, the US...

I am coming up to another birthday and I have been contemplating ageing, and how my definition of “old” has changed as I have added to my...

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a pantser – someone who doesn’t plot the stories before starting to write. This means I am often surprised...

I saw something today that made me sit up in horror. Don’t worry. This isn’t a graphic blog of the baser nature of the human soul....

When I was a child, there was a drama on TV about a mining community in the north. called Sam. I remember the end of one episode very...

A couple of things had me considering the nature of time recently. First, a good friend wrote a blog post about her son moving up...