So, I'm living the dream. This time next year my debut novel will be a real thing. Out in the big wide world standing on its own merits ...

First lines. Terrible ones can make you put a book down without reading any further. Good ones keep you reading. Great ones have you clickin...

I'll be honest. Most of the time when I'm writing a new story I feel like I'm stumbling around in the dark. Characters that don...

On Monday I sent my latest manuscript to my agent. It's a bit of a fingernail biting, stress inducing, experience sending your agent the...

Well hello there!  Ok, I'm gonna say it. Could it be hotter out? Seriously? We've had temperatures between 35-40C (100F something) f...

At the moment I’m currently working madly on my current work in progress, hoping to have it ready to pitch to agents and editors at a big w...

These past few weeks have been quite tumultuous in my writing journey, as I have tried to edit two manuscripts at once – my first non-fictio...

I t’s spring in my corner of the world.  Buds burst forth in greens, whites, and cherry reds. Yellow daffodils open their petals an...

I remember the moment it first dawned on me what a vulnerable activity it is to write published novels. One day, I opened an email from my p...