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My words for 2025
Happy New Year, everyone! 2024 was a mixed bag (feel free to read my honest review of 2024 and it’s ups and many downs here). 2025 is as yet a bit of a question mark. BUT, I do have plans. Big plans. The current ‘WIP’ This is my Sea Book, the one I’ve been teasing…
An honest review of 2024
The ups and downs of my 2024.
The Gabriela Houston Project
I’ve been on The Gabriela Houston Project!
The World Literature Podcast
I’ve been on The World Literature Podcast, talking about all the shades and shadows inside MOTHTOWN🦋🦋🦋 Watch >> https://lnkd.in/eP3XhU-V Listen >> https://lnkd.in/e6MNjmtt Please listen in, and consider buying a copy! C.x
Journal #27 – Have a cuppa with me
It’s been a little while, hasn’t it? I’ve been working. Writing. Editing. Planning. Mothering. Caring. Cleaning. Tidying. Organising. And living. Trying my best to. I’ve become one of those incredibly stretched people, pasted thin on the walls of their lives. Every wall. Top and bottom. But it’s all so important. All of it. Telling stories….
How to get a literary agent: Ed Wilson Q&A
Wondering how to seek representation for your book? Find out what literary agent Ed Wilson had to say about submissions and how likely writers are to be taken on.
How to plan a novel in Microsoft Excel
Trying to write a novel but don’t know where to start? Want to plan your novel in a format that’s accessible and affordable but lack the specialist writing software, like Scrivener or FocusWriter? There’s a way of planning your novel and keeping your notes together that can be tailored to you, and it’s probably already…
Granite Noir 2024: Unsettling, Unnerving, Sublime
This week, I’m winging my way to Aberdeen to take part in a panel at Granite Noir 2024. Exploring the ‘Unsettling, Unnerving, [and] Sublime’, we’ll be talking bodies, weirdness, and the dark, twisty things at the heart of creepy storytelling. Here’s the event description: Three writers whose books leave you with that brilliant creeped out…
Current WIP – Faeries & Goblins
As scheduled as ever, a week or two after finishing the final draft of my third novel in August 2023, I began my next project. My baby daughter! The last few months have been a whirlwind of giggles, milk, sibling politics, and baby poop. But I also spent December yearning for the next story; drawing…
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