How I Write 10000 Words a Day
How I Write 10000 Words a Day Today’s blog post is all about how I write 10000 words a day. Firstly, to all my writer friends this is not a brag. Yes, I tend to…
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7 Lessons I’ve Learned from 7 Years of Blogging
7 Lessons I’ve Learned from 7 Years of Blogging Unbelievably I’ve been blogging for seven years! To mark the moment I decided to share 7 lessons I’ve learned from 7 years of blogging. First though,…
How I Research My Novels
How I Research My Novels As a writer of contemporary fiction and historical fiction, I regularly have to research elements of my book. From finding out what people wore in the 1940s, to how tarot…
My Writing Essentials
My Writing Essentials I spend my weekends writing. Be it a journalistic piece, a novel, or a blog post. I’m constantly writing away. When I’m working on a project I have certain writing essentials that…
The Query Process | Writing
The Query Process | Writing Ironically as writers, we authors tend to add numbers to everything. The number of rejections we got, the number of drafts we’ve written, the number of books we’ve completed, and…
30 Amazing Things I’ve Done
30 Amazing Things I’ve Done I’ve recently drafted a post of 30 things I want to do before I turn 30. But before I share that post I wanted to put together a list of…
Author Q&A | What Planet Can I Blame This On?
Author Q&A Now the news is out about my upcoming book What Planet Can I Blame This On? I thought I would share an author Q&A. These are a few of the questions I have received from…
Best Places to Buy Notebooks
Best Places to Buy Notebooks Right now – or write now, I do love a pun – many of us are working from home, and therefore getting through notebooks like crazy. I love to write a…
Dream Casting my Characters | What Planet Can I Blame This On?
Dream Casting my Characters Every writer has dream cast in their head when they’re writing a book – at least every writer I’ve even spoken to. Whilst none of us actually believe that the actors…
My Writing Playlist | What Planet Can I Blame This On?
My Writing Playlist | What Planet Can I Blame This On? Every writer is different when it comes to their writing routine. Some need complete silence, others need white noise from the TV or TedTalk…
BIG NEWS: I Got a Book Deal
BIG NEWS: I Got a Book Deal! If you haven’t already guessed from the title of this blog post: I GOT A BOOK DEAL! In June 2021, so less than six months, my debut novel…
Getting Professional Photos Taken
Getting Professional Photos Taken As a writer, journalist and publisher I often need a headshot for use in bios and articles. I’ve previously used a work photo, but since I didn’t own the image or…
My Post Lockdown Bucket List
My Post Lockdown Bucket List Life post lockdown has been pretty interesting so far. For me, I’ve been to a hen do, dress fittings, dinner with colleagues and returned to the office in Central London.…
What I’ve Been Loving in July 2020
What I’ve Been Loving in July 2020 Another month has come and gone, and we’re one step closer to 2020 being over! I’ve still got a lot of things to look forward to this year…