My Updated Writing Routine
My Updated Writing Routine After nearly 18 months I’m finally writing my next novel. I’ve spent the last few months editing a previously written novel from 2020, but in March I began to write my…
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My Updated Writing Routine After nearly 18 months I’m finally writing my next novel. I’ve spent the last few months editing a previously written novel from 2020, but in March I began to write my…
NaNoWriMo 2021 Prep NaNoWriMo 2021, or National Novel Writing Month is coming soon! In November, NaNoWriMo begins, challenging writers to write the first 50,000 words of their next novel. Today I wanted to offer some…
Who Are The Big Five Publishing Companies in the UK? When you work in publishing you often hear people and trade magazines mention the big five publishing companies. But who exactly are they? Here are the…
Top Five Writing Tips | National Writing Day Today it is National Writing Day 2021! As such, I thought it would be the perfect day to share my Top Five Writing Tips as a published author.…
Did I Read 100 Female Authors in 1001 Days? Short answer: YAASSS! I managed to read nearly 200 female authors in 1001 days. They include a mix of non-fiction, poetry, and fiction writers. I managed to…
It’s the Publication Day of What Planet Can I Blame This On? Today is the publication day of my debut novel What Planet Can I Blame This On? It’s OUT NOW in ebook and paperback, available from…
Books You’ll Enjoy if You Like What Planet Can I Blame This On? It’s launch week! What Planet Can I Blame This On? is out on the 3rd June and I cannot wait. I’m a jittery mess.…
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…
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 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 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 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 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 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…