The Asylum Anthology which features my story Stolen Identity went live on Monday afternoon and is available for the special release price of just 99c for this week only. I’m really excited about this one as it’s my first time to write for a shared world anthology and historical fiction is a new genre for me. Below is the cover, details about the anthology, and some info on my story.
It’s January and I’m already late with my writing goals for this year. The reason for this is that my focus shifted slightly during my Christmas holidays. I spent a lot of time asking myself what it is that I actually wanted to achieve. It’s a really great exercise to do if you find you’re unsure of the direction you are taking.
Today on my blog, I’m delighted to bring you my review of A Throne of Swans by Katharine and Elizabeth Corr. This is the first in a duology and below you will find the cover and official blurb followed by my review.
Happy New Year everyone. I hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas. I’m delighted to bring you my review of Keep Your Eyes on Me by Sam Blake. This book releases today and was one I really enjoyed reading. Below you will find the book cover and official blurb followed by my review.
Steamed is the brand new steampunk fiction anthology from Perfectly Poisoned Anthologies and one you won’t want to miss. This is the publisher that I have written my Asylum story for and my Bronte inspired story. Both of these will publish in 2020 and I will also be writing a story for a new Little Black Dress anthology for 2020 as well.
I’m delighted to bring you my review of When Wishes Bleed by Casey L Bond today. This is a fantastic book and one I’d been following for quite some time on Facebook. The cover is stunning, the writing gorgeous, and the story unique. Below you’ll find the cover and description, followed by my review.
I have twenty minutes to spare so I thought I’d do a quick blog post on why I’m not doing NaNoWriMo and what is happening for me and my writing during the month of November. If you hang around the writing scene, you will no doubt have heard about NaNoWriMo and have seen a lot of authors posting their daily word counts. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and this is where writers try to complete 50,000 words in 30 days. Yes, that is a lot. It actually works out at 1,667 words every day.
Last week, I listened to a wonderful talk that discussed creative writing editing mistakes that writers make. The talk was held in the Inkslingers Den Facebook Group which is a great resource for writers. The talk was given by Angela James, a professional editor who worked for Carina Press for over 10 years. As I watched I took notes and decided to share her 11 editing mistakes here on my blog too.
Following on from part two of creating character profiles, here’s part 3 of how to create character profiles. As you know, I’m writing these posts as I work on creating characters for a new series I hope to start next year. In today’s post, I’m going to look at fleshing out my character using the Marcel Proust Character Questionnaire and some more questions I’ve found online. Below is the image I’ve found for my main character.
Today is World Mental Health Day and anyone that knows me, knows how much the subject means to me and why suicide prevention is a topic close to my heart. To try and remove the stigma and encourage everyone to talk, I’m sharing a very personal memoir here on my blog this morning. It’s called The Sun Will Shine Once More, and I would be so grateful if you could share it across social media and with anyone you think might benefit from reading it.