

From Car Crash to Crawdads
When I first thought about doing this blog, I discarded the idea because ‘everyone’ does it. But then I decided that my choices are...


With a storyteller's eyes...
There are some authors who have a gift for creating a setting in their novels that truly resonates with readers. In writer-speak,...


Dealing with the dodgems
In the days leading up to publication, I could provide a fascinating case study on the ebb and flow of human emotions. My feelings career...


Wrestling with the octopus
When my debut novel, Dare to Remember, a psychological thriller, was published in February 2017, my second book, called The Truth Waits,...


You need friends
​Dare to Remember is about many things. It’s about recovery, about mental illness, about therapy, about how life turns on a sixpence....


Free to write fiction
Before I finished my novel, Dare to Remember, I took a creative writing course. I wanted to learn the best way to become a published...


So is it you?
As an enthusiastic attendee at literary festivals, where I doggedly choose the sessions with both new and established authors over the...