• 2024 has been a slow literary year for me. After the time pressure I put myself under in 2022 and 2023 to complete my Belfast Ghosts trilogy, I [...]

  Motivation to finish my ghost horror novel first draft

  August 29, 2024
• A new school term has begun, which means the summer holiday is over for me. I can’t complain. If I worked in any other job, I’d have [...]

  Back to the day-job: a summer summary

  August 25, 2024
• I’m currently in week seven of my holiday from work, while school is closed for summer. In theory, that should mean more time for reading, [...]

  Summer reading update

  August 21, 2024
• The summer isn’t over yet, and the weather has been decent enough over here in Northern Ireland. The wildflowers that we planted in the [...]

  Lughnasadh sale. Celebrating summer with an eBook discount

  August 17, 2024

• Three years ago, just after I made the decision to move away from traditional publishing and launch my indie author career, I did lots of [...]

  Are author newsletters worth it? Why I’ve stopped mine

  August 13, 2024
• Massive shout out to the following authors for leaving 4 and 5 star reviews of my book, Pseudologia Fantastica: Rosemary Mairs/ Kelly Miller/ [...]

  Thanks for these reviews for Pseudologia Fantastica, fellow authors!

  August 9, 2024
• August is here. The first of August, known as Lughnasadh to Pagans, or Lammas to Christians, is traditionally the start of the harvest growing [...]

  Happy August! Lughnasadh blessings

  August 5, 2024
• I don’t know about you, but I feel an incessant need to always be doing something. It’s hard for me to simply sit down, put my feet [...]

  The pressure to be productive all the time

  August 1, 2024