

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...






















