writer and home-maker
Have you ever held onto a secret you've been dying to share, and then finally...you can? For the last few weeks I've been helping Angela and Becca at Writers Helping Writers keep a BIG secret...what the next book in their thesaurus series will be. It might seem strange to not tell one's readers what book... Continue Reading →
So, a new year has just started, and it's time to look back over what I've achieved with my short stories. I published four, two weeks apart between Thanksgiving and New Year. Publicity and promotion is hard. Most of the time I felt like I was shouting into the wind, as I had little to... Continue Reading →
One of the most useful questions to a writer is the question, "what if". What if the world was green, or vampires were real, or you could travel through time. The whole of fiction is based on asking how things would work if the way the world works was different. Whenever I get a bit... Continue Reading →
My goals for 2018 were: focus on writing improve daily routines look after me talk to friends My writing has gone well, although I haven't hit the target of 1000 words a day over the year, I have written more than I did last year. I've also edited a series of short stories and started... Continue Reading →
Just writing a piece of novel-length prose is hard enough, but then you have to polish it and revise it to make it even better. The first draft of a story is often referred to as a vomit draft - just writing it all down as fast as you can to get it out. And... Continue Reading →
One of the things I enjoy doing is cooking. I love baking, and making meals from scratch. My Mum us an awesome cook, and growing up we were privileged to have good quality and varied food, which is something I emulate in my family. But I never really started cooking myself til I left home... Continue Reading →
One thing I've found recently is that there are alot of tools and services that are being targeted at me as an author. With the rise of self-publishing there is also the rise of people selling things to those who want to self-publish. And while some of those are dubious, lots are really useful. Alot... Continue Reading →
My next short story is live now on Amazon and free through Kindle Unlimited. What Jack found Five year old Jack finds a fairy in his garden, and so he and his mother find themselves entangled in a conflict between rival fairy clans. Surrounded by fairies wielding short thorn spears Sally must decide how to... Continue Reading →
I published a book. A short story on Amazon. And people are buying and reading it. And I can't make up my mind whether I am excited that people are actually reading it, or disappointed that more people aren't! Every time I think about it my attitude is different and flips between each state seemingly... Continue Reading →
