Life is stressful. The past few months have been challenging, and since the death of my beloved dog I feel that my creative spark has all ...

If you are a parent you might recognise the tone of my title today, inspired by the Charlie and Lola series of books written for children...

This year I consciously avoided participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It has been something of an obsession for about...

We have passed the halfway point for #NaNoWriMo 2017 , and I have to say I am really not engaging with it. My novel has not yet reached 20,...

Have you read Vampire of Blackpool yet? If you are not familiar with my favourite Victorian seaside resort in the North of England, this b...

Boo! Scared you! Ha ha, yes we are celebrating my favourite time of year, Halloween, or Samhain as I prefer to call the festival. See m...

I am half way there and feeling quietly confident about #NaNoWriMo 2016 . My novel is progressing slowly and steadily. I find that I can...

The month of madness has begun, and I am off to a reasonable start. On 1 st November I wrote 1667 words, which is the exact daily target i...

This was the incredulous response from my husband sometime during the madness of NaNoWriMo. It was a Sunday morning, and I had got up earlie...

Sometimes I forget that not everybody knows my characters the same way that I do. My Redcliffe series has given me a whole new group of fi...

I did it! I survived #NaNoWriMo2015 , and I conquered it! This has been a very challenging month for me. Not only did I have the ongoing cha...

The past week has been very challenging for me. I fought hard to catch up with #NaNoWriMo, and for a couple of days my Muse was wild and act...

Phew, what a day! It has been a challenging start to #NaNoWriMo2015, with the shock of a family bereavement last week. It was my wonderful N...

We are barely one week into the month that is #NaNoWriMo and I have to admit, this year I am struggling already. It doesn’t help that there...

Oh yes, the time has come! We are fast approaching that marvellous month of madness and mayhem…it is time for National Novel Writing Month, ...

I am so happy! My Muse has returned, and I have reached my target and won #CampNaNoWriMo for the first time. I attempted it in previous year...

This month I am a very happy writer. After what feels like a ridiculously long absence, my Muse has returned, and she is raring to go. I sig...

My writing has not been forthcoming of late. It is all my own fault. I have allowed myself to stray from the path. I have become too easily ...

This is it! We are now officially in the final week of #NaNoWriMo2014. I am so close to the end I can taste it. My word count stands at just...

Hey folks! How you doin'? Can you tell I am excited? Well I am! I just reached the halfway point on my #NaNoWriMo manuscript, and a day...