Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

My first book was published in 2014, although I did have some stories included in anthologies before that. Since then, a number of books have been published including ebooks and writing resources. It’s been many years since these were published, and there are...
New Book – Not Running Away

New Book – Not Running Away

If you have been paying attention, you may have noticed that I have a new book available. This is a novella called Not Running Away, set in the fictional town of Sapphire Bay, which is loosely based on Cowes and surrounds in Victoria, Australia. This is the story of...
On creativity

On creativity

Recently, I read ‘The House that Joy Built’ by Holly Ringland. There was a lot of good information in there, my favourite was her saying to ‘create what you love’, but a lot didn’t ring true for me. I don’t suppress creativity...
What I’ve read – January 2026

What I’ve read – January 2026

I ended up dropping the ball last year and stopped doing ‘What I’ve Read’ posts. I aim to fix that this year. As always, I’ve started off the year with a goal of 50 books in the GoodReads challenge. This is more to keep the challenge alive and...
Haunted Maze – Short Story

Haunted Maze – Short Story

I am not big on horror stories or scary stories, however at the end of October every year, the kids I work with want to write spooky, Halloween stories. I give it a go, always with varying results. Given that today is Halloween, I thought I’d share one of my...
Favourite Picture Books

Favourite Picture Books

Following on from my post last week, I thought I’d continue by sharing some of my favourite picture books. I have quite a few to choose from, given that I have a collection with nearly 300 picture books… it was hard to choose ten to highlight, so there is...