Jun 4, 2016
I can’t believe it’s June already and we’re half way through 2016. In fact, I do believe it, as my Dad sends us regular messages similar to: ‘this time in 8 months it will be Christmas Day’, ‘this time in 7 months it will be Christmas Eve’, etc etc… but still, it’s...
Mar 28, 2016
Yes, I’m middle-aged. I often need a nap in the afternoon, I have a lot of grey hairs (more than home hair-colouring can fix…), I forget where I put the hand towel when I come out of the bathroom and then realise it’s wrapped around my head, I lose...
Mar 9, 2016
Well, firstly, my promise to publish a blog post every week has gone a bit off target. Ok, not a bit, a lot. Why? Well, actually, I don’t even have a really good excuse, it’s just that the start of this year has flown by and I’ve had lots of...
Jan 24, 2016
I find it really difficult to get motivated to write on days like today. It’s a grey, mild, January, Sunday evening and my brain doesn’t want to come out to play. I took it out to the cinema this afternoon, so you’d think it would be a bit grateful...
Jan 18, 2016
As much as we try to not ‘judge a book by its cover’, when it comes to selling books, the cover is absolutely crucial. For many readers, it’s the shop window, the hook, the invitation to look inside and, if you get it wrong, your words may sadly go...
Jan 10, 2016
Wow, what a weekend! Somehow, and completely out of nowhere, I had a huge rise in book sales on Kindle and I’ve no idea how it happened. I hadn’t posted anything in particular on Social Media, I hadn’t been tagged in anything, and there was no promotion event. It just...
Jan 4, 2016
Who else returned to work today after the Christmas break? Did you skip into the workplace, smiling and full of enthusiasm, greeting your colleagues as though you hadn’t seen each other for months? Or, did you huff and puff, sigh and keep running your fingers...
Dec 11, 2015
The official release date of ‘Bringing Billie Back’ may be the 13th December (Sunday), but the pre-order links are out! And, I’ve started to take direct orders through my online store – with the warning that the books are due for delivery to...
Dec 6, 2015
For as long as I can remember, every New Year’s Eve I would vow to write a book by the following year. But, 12 months later, the book was nowhere to be seen. Sure, there would be a few paragraphs, scribbled notes, index cards with a ‘sort of’ plot. But a book?...
Dec 3, 2015
My feet have really not touched the ground over the last week. The release date of ‘Bringing Billie Back’ is just over a week away and so it’s been crazy. So much to do: ebooks to upload, printing files to proof, marketing posts and much nail...
