This month, we went on holiday to the Peak District. It’s a place I have always wanted to visit since watching Lizzie Bennet standing on...

We all want it. Not only for ourselves, but for those we love. Yet for many people, it seems to be as elusive as a unicorn. No matter how...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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....

Like many readers and writers, I am in introvert. Sitting at home in silence with only myself for company, I feel at my most comfortable....

Many people would love to be a writer. Some of them even have a go. A few of them might actually finish a story and a handful will go on...

Every Sunday at my church we have a spot called Church Family News. People can go to the front and tell the rest of the congregation...

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...

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...

Right now, I am mired in the editing bog, which is slowly giving way to a polished novel ready for publishing. Many people love the...

Have you ever stopped to imagine how much your words are worth? Recently, I discovered exactly how much mine were, when the hard drive on...

Life has a nasty habit of getting in the way of writing. Unmanageable back pain at night has meant a lack of sleep and feeling...

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...

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

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