• While Storm Chandra smacked us full in the face here in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, my hubby, son and I hunkered down quite contentedly at home [...]

  Storm Chandra: time for writing, arts and crafts

  January 29, 2026
• This week I have been back to work after eight weeks off for summer break. For any new readers, I’m not a full-time author. Whilst it is [...]

  Who is to blame for not writing? Nobody else but me!

  August 30, 2025
• It seems like a million years ago, but in reality less than two years ago, when I started writing two different novel WIPs at once. Since May [...]

  When you lose the thread – hitting writer’s block with two novels at once

  February 19, 2025
• 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 [...]

  Why writing time is me time

  September 2, 2024