• About a decade ago, I was working in a secondary school in London and running a creative writing group for gifted and talented young people. The [...]

  Is talent or skills more important for writing novels?

  May 25, 2022
• Happy New Year! I hope 2022 has gotten off to a great start for you and that, like me, you have remained covid-free. January began for me with a [...]

  Literary and life goals for 2022

  January 6, 2022
• Hard to believe we have entered the roaring twenties again! It’s even harder not to enter the new decade without any aspirations. Sometimes [...]

  Happy New Year! Writing goals for 2020.

  January 3, 2020
• Happy New Year’s Eve! As another decade closes, it’s time to reflect on more than simply a one year journey. Ten years ago I was [...]

  Celebrating Old Year’s Night – goodbye to 2019

  December 31, 2019

• Summer is over, as is my 8 week holiday! I didn’t get much writing done over the break, as I was looking after our (Joseph Robert and my) 2 [...]

  A summary of my summer writing

  August 31, 2019
• Can you believe it’s April already? The days are flying by so quickly. With a new baby along for the adventure, I have been cherishing [...]

  Maternity leave and writing goals

  April 2, 2018
• Today marked the end of term at the secondary school where I work for the start of the summer holidays. It also means the start of my maternity [...]

  Writing goals and wrapping up the day job

  June 30, 2017