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We’ve all heard it: the best thing to recover from a hectic lifestyle is taking some ‘me-time’ to reset. That can be many [...]
September 2, 2024
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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 [...]
August 29, 2024
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Our family holiday abroad is over for another year, but that doesn’t mean I’m back to the day job yet. I still have another 6 weeks [...]
July 20, 2024
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Now that we are on the other side of the solstice here in the northern hemisphere, it’s officially summer. Hooray! I’m not going to [...]
June 24, 2024
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Imagination is key to creative writing. Of course, that goes without saying. You can’t write a short story, poem, or novel without creative [...]
June 16, 2024
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Today I finished amending the parts of Pseudologia Fantastica with red pen comments from my editor, and I ordered another proof copy for one more [...]
May 17, 2024
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Finally, some warmer weather here in Northern Ireland! It was 18°C today, practically balmy for this country. I love spring and summer, so my [...]
May 8, 2024
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I’m writing today’s post for all my Indie author friends out there in the writing community who have ever wavered, or given up on [...]
April 24, 2024
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Lately I have been finding it very hard to focus on my writing. My brain is too flighty and my attention span nonexistent. Can anyone relate? [...]
April 12, 2024
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Books are important. Reading and literacy are important. According to one source on Statistica, 83% of adults in the US read at least one book in [...]
April 8, 2024