Cat and The Dreamer is 10 years old!

How time flies! I remember it when it was just a collection of sentences in a notebook, a random idea, a short story which I couldn't stop writing. And now look at it! If you're not familiar with my back catalogue, Cat & The Dreamer was the first book I had published. It was my …

Have you ever heard about time slips?

I just sat down to write a post, wrote it, scheduled it, and was feeling very proud of myself when I realised it was a post I was scheduling for next week, not today... 🤦‍♀️ So, here's today's post. A while ago now, my mum told me a story about how she'd been walking with …

The Business of Short Stories

Short stories are my first love - reading them, writing them, they contain so much in such a small space - they are the TARDIS of fiction. So when Shannon Lawrence asked for people to share her new release, The Business of Short Stories: Writing, Submitting, Publishing, and Marketing, I couldn't refuse. And then she asked …

Interview with… Apple Gidley

It's the third Monday of the month, which means it's author interview day. And today it's the turn of Apple Gidley. A nomadic life has seen Anglo-Australian Apple live in twelve countries as diverse as Papua New Guinea and Scotland, which is chronicled in her memoir, Expat Life Slice by Slice. Her roles have been …

Oh boy, I’ve messed up

What do I mean, you ask? Just look over there ➡ ➡➡➡➡➡ Yep, the sidebar widgets have done something silly. Well, actually, I did something silly to them without realising. And now I've got lines and random spaces and I don't know how to fix it just yet. Update: I think I've fixed it!

Happy New Year!

Random photos from my year! Are you making any New Year Resolutions? Some years I do, some years I don't. This year I have two, I think. The first is to not buy any new clothes (apart from gym kit or dire necessity like underwear). I had a sort out of my wardrobe a couple …

Merry Christmas, everyone

Another interesting year is coming to an end. I started it with three months of furlough, returned to work, finished a novel, published a novel (you might have heard?), had a lockdown-themed short story published (All the Magpies Come Out to Play @ Fairlight Books), worried I might lose my job, heard my job was …

And just like that, it’s December!

Okay, maybe not just like that, but close. I've had so many things I wanted to get done before the end of the year and I'm running out of time. At least I'll have plenty to keep me occupied in January. Despite all good intentions, I've not yet started my next novel. I have submitted …

A couple of offers for you!

The nights are drawing in, it's frosty in the mornings, and people insist on telling me how long it is until Christmas. So, what better time to pull on your fluffiest PJs and settle down with a good book. Luckily, I've got a couple to offer you! Small Forgotten Moments is on sale for just …

Interview with… Roz Morris

I'm a little nervous this month, because I'm interviewing someone I consider a master interviewer. I've been lucky enough to feature on her blog twice since I've known her, and both times were so much fun - here and here. Roz Morris writes fiction and essays about unusual ways we can be haunted and how …