Social media feels like an open-plan office
Social media feels like an open-plan office. Back in the day, I'm talking early 2000s, the Internet was full of small communities. I ran one myself, as well as being a member of different message boards, mostly around parenting and small business. Most of these ran on...
Navigating the library with AuDHD
This is something I've spoken about before, but it's worth mentioning again. Libraries can be wonderfully safe places for neurodivergent people. They are often quiet and calm, and you can be surrounded by books. There are times when there is noise, especially during...
Shiny New Story Syndrome
I have seen a lot of authors post about what they call a 'struggle with shiny new idea syndrome'. I don't struggle with it. I embrace it! Last year, I came to realise that that is how my brain works. I will be working on one idea, then my brain will go 'nope, not...
How AuDHD Shows Up In My Reading
The other day, I shared a bit about how ADHD shows up in my writing. Today, I thought I'd share a bit about how it shows up in my reading. I love books, I always have. They have been a means of escape and regulation for me for as long as I can remember. Even at...
My AuDHD Writing Brain
I am an author and booklover, and I'm AuDHD. One way this shows up in my writing is that I can sit and write 6,000 words in an afternoon, as I did on Sunday! I found an old manuscript I wrote for the Chapter Book Challenge many years ago. It was very rough and I...
ADHD Awareness Month
I read somewhere that October is ADHD Awareness Month. About four years ago, I was diagnosed with ADHD and autism, at the age of 44. I pursued a diagnosis after years of feeling like I was a broken loser. I kept thinking that surely life isn't supposed to be this...
My Facebook Experiment
At the start of September 2026, I decided to run an experiment with my Facebook page. That page had been fairly neglected with the occasional post when I had a new book or program, but not much else. Posting was patchy at best. The task was simple: Post on my page...
Worth Reading: The Very Strange Orange
I learned about this picture book through a kidlit Facebook group and was able to download a free copy on Amazon. The Very Strange Orange is a picture book that is aimed at older readers and kids who ask questions like 'If an orange is blue, is it still an orange?'....
BTS – Lilly’s Library
Lilly's Library is a junior fiction story about a little girl who loves books and doesn't want to wait until she grows up to have her own library. The idea for this book came to me one day and I started to write, then it sat for ages until I saw it when I was going...
What I’ve Read – May 2026
It's already the end of May, and my mum's birthday. It was nice to end the month with a roast dinner with family followed by birthday cake. Here are the books I read during May: The Hare who Wouldn't Share by Steve Small - a lovely picture book about a hare who...