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How To Help The Butterfly Witch Fly
How To Help The Butterfly Witch Fly
It's hard to believe, but two years and nine months after Gwenllian Llewellyn, cello in hand, strolled into my imagination on a cold and rainy January afternoon, The Butterfly Witch is... Read more...
Authors at the Armouries
Authors at the Armouries
I am absolutely thrilled to be a signing author at this year's Authors at the Armouries event in Leeds this October. I'll be there on the Saturday only (25th October... Read more...
Book 4 Update: What if Addie LaRue was a witch....?
Book 4 Update: What if Addie LaRue was a witch....?
I’ve spent a lot of time hanging out in 1976 this month. Maybe it’s because the world feels a little scary at the moment, but I’ve loved escaping into another... Read more...
Inspirational Author Interview: Mark Wells
Inspirational Author Interview: Mark Wells
I devoured Mark's Cambridge Gothic series in record time so was keen to speak to him about his writing and what's coming next.   Read more...
The Decaffeinated Writer
The Decaffeinated Writer
Like swans, I used to believe that writers and caffeine were bonded for life. Turns out, I was wrong. Had I actually written a list of things to give up... Read more...
Reading for Joy: Letting Go of the Goodreads Challenge
Reading for Joy: Letting Go of the Goodreads Challenge
It’s that time of year again when bookworms everywhere share their stats and badges from Goodreads. Until last year, I was one of them, racing to hit my reading target... Read more...
How Do You Know When To Quit?
How Do You Know When To Quit?
We hear it all the time. To be a writer, you need to be persistent. Indeed, it’s the lifeblood of any creative pursuit, especially in a business as tough as... Read more...
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Finding My Voice: The Power of Meeting Readers In Person
Last year, after becoming thoroughly disillusioned with the pay-to-play world of social media, I decided to get back to basics and try a couple of live events. No ads, no... Read more...
Why Indie Authors are Cheering for Taylor Swift
Why Indie Authors are Cheering for Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift. Musician, billionaire businesswoman, and all-around global phenomenon is publishing her Eras Tour coffee table book without going through a big publishing house. With this bold choice, she’s effectively... Read more...
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When Will I Ever Learn?
I ran out of rope this week. If dogged determination, relentless cheeriness, and blind optimism were plaited into a rope, I abruptly ran out of all three.  I'm no mountaineer,... Read more...
Halloween, Nostalgia, and Plastic Pumpkins
Halloween, Nostalgia, and Plastic Pumpkins
As you'd expect from a writer of witchy fiction, I love Halloween. If it could stretch all the way to springtime, I’d gladly trade Christmas for a few more months... Read more...
Mabon Reflections: The Dance of Day and Night
Mabon Reflections: The Dance of Day and Night
The wheel turns. This Sunday is Mabon, the autumn equinox. Day and night will be equal—like the black swan and the white, frozen on stage with toes pointed, wings outstretched,... Read more...