Making it up as I go along

The observant among you will note that I've changed my blogging day to Monday. When I decided I'd post a series of interviews, I was going to do them on the third Monday of each month but continue posting around the Thursday/Friday as well. I realised that was a little unfair on my interviewees because …

My nemesis and I…

January! Argh! Can anyone think of a worse month? It's dull, boring, dreary, and so dark in the mornings. It taunts me, it hates me. And somehow, those 31 days seem to blossom into 64! But, recently, I've been thinking about it more objectively. How many times have you wished you had more hours in a day, …

#ThrowbackThursday – “So, what do you write?”

Today's Throwback Thursday post comes from August 2010 (before my first book was published) and - like many of my early posts - didn't have any comments. In fact, it barely had any readers, which is why I wanted to install this feature - as a writer, it hurts when people don't read what I've …

Slowing down

At this time of year, I slow down. It's not planned, but when the sun barely breaks out from behind dense cloud and natural light is therefore hard to come by, I just want to curl up and hibernate. Walking the dog helps, especially when I've got this nature reserve on my doorstep. The silence …