Well, we are well and truly into the new year, and things have been ticking along. I have slowly been working my new routine into my day, and it’s been kind of working. The next two weeks are going to be very trying, as I am working mornings, while ...

Last week, I attended a local fair, which is held annually. It was a lovely day, and I sold 6 books, which I was wrapt with. It might not sound like a lot, but for me, that is 6 more than I normally sell in January. One lady picked up the book and r...

I sat down the other day and wrote a list of things that I want to accomplish this year in my Writing. I ended up with 10 in my writing planner, and another 17 which I wrote up while at work on Saturday. Some of them overlap, so lets have a look and...

At this time of the year, I like to look back over the previous 12 months and determine whether I achieved any of my goals or not. While I didn't manage to get a lot of my own personal goals (weight loss), I have started on a very determined regime ...

Christmas will be all over. Wrapping paper will be in the bin, food stored in the fridge, bellies full, kids with broken toys after screaming around the house with them. But here I am, taking one day at a time, and still trying to work out which hal...

The days are ticking down to the inevitable, a time when plans are made, changed, remade, ideas are brought to fruition, then die before the day is out. Yes, I'm talking about New Years eve. What are you goals for the year? I have a few in mind this...

It's all the rage at the moment to talk about tropes when you discuss your book, or to have them in the blurb on the back. What are tropes I hear you say? A trope is a recurrent theme or a motif, recurring character type. But you probably know them ...

It's at this time of the year that I start to get my thinking cap on, and come up with a plan for the following year. December seems to be a time for reflection and thought about what I achieved in the previous eleven months and what I want to achie...

Have you ever noticed when you write, or create, that you’re suddenly inspired to create or write more, not necessarily in the same story or oeuvre, but it’s like a lightbulb goes off in your head, and suddenly you have ideas, more than you know wha...

November is quickly slipping away, and I generally don't do much writing in December and January because, you know, family events and summer and stuff. So how do you find a balance between being creative and 'the silly season'? I'm not much of a Chr...

Sometimes in writing you strike a problem, like painting yourself into a corner, and sometimes it can be hard to find a way out of the problem I've written before about brainstorming and bouncing ideas of other people to see what works and what does...

Two years ago, I decided that I would have a five year plan to being a well paid author, earning money from my writing. I'm no where near that now, and I don't seem to be closer than I was then. But never fear, I'm not giving up. As I said in my ran...

After last week’s rant, I thought I should write about something a little bit lighter in nature. I thought I would talk about who I am, and how I want my writing to reflect that. I’m a compassionate person who has a lot of empathy for people, and th...

I had high expectations for Carols Christmas. I'd hoped that the fact I was donating money to charity would help with sales. Except they haven't. It's not the first time I've had my expectations blown out of the water. All of my books have done wors...

Today, I learnt a sad fact of life. Everyone dies. Even those that you love and respect, and aspire to be like. Today, 12 November 2025, Diane Keaton died. Self-titled as ‘the kooky actress’ she won a lot of accolades and awards for her roles over t...