Start with writing your book

Start with writing your book

I see so many people asking about publishing options for their stories. My first question is always ‘Have you written your story yet?’ A surprising number of people haven’t written a word, yet they’re already researching whether or not to...
Having Fun Writing

Having Fun Writing

Recently, I have been going through some old blog posts from before I published my first book, to bring them onto this site. I have been copying and pasting each post and updating links as needed. It’s been interesting revisiting some of these thoughts and...
12 Days of Christmas 2021

12 Days of Christmas 2021

Can you believe that 2022 is just around the corner? Usually, I open up the 12 Days of Christmas sign ups at the start of December, but this year, I’m starting early. For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, this is a writing challenge designed to...
What I’ve Read – October 2021

What I’ve Read – October 2021

October was a quiet month for reading, partly because I dropped my bundle a bit between health issues and dealing with what I call ‘yo-yo’ lockdowns (in for a couple of weeks, and out for a couple of weeks before going back in again). I finished...
Finished Another Notebook!

Finished Another Notebook!

Since early in 2020, I have been running Virtual Writers Groups for young writers. Each session includes a writing prompt that I set for the participants… and I do the prompt too. Earlier in the year, I took this photo: These are the notebooks that I had been...