For many of us, cartoons were our first introduction into story. If you are of a certain age, we were delighted in the antics of animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Tom and Jerry, Top Cat, Wacky Races and more. These characters held us spellbound,...
When I was writing my steampunk novel, The Commodore's Gift, I was sure the main character, Owena would be a strong independant woman, even though the genre's setting is a combination of Victoriana and the Industrial Revolution. While most women were restricted in...
Today is National Writing Day, so as a writer and published author I thought I would share some of the reasons I write with you. As an avid reader myself, I am always curious about the person behind the narrative's I read. So here goes: I write because I enjoy...
Today I am sharing a story I created from a prompt set at our writer's circle. We had to use a sentence at the beginning and end of a story but the meaning had to change. I hope you like it. Photo by Eyüpcan Timur on Pexels.com Curtain Reveal “I’ll be watching you.” I...
What inspired you to write in the dystopian genre? I’ve always loved the classic dystopian stories like 1984, Brave New World, and The Giver, but in the early 2000’s when The Hunger Games and Divergent came out, they transfixed me. The young adult dystopian sub-genre...
The 23rd of June is National Typewriter Day. It is still, to many, the first image that comes to mind when we think about a writer. Of course, we have progressed through typewriters to word processors to computers and laptops and even smaller devices, such as the note...
As many of you know my eleventh book is launching on 22nd July. It is a western romance set in Alberta, Canada and centers around a champion barrel racer, Madison Beauchamp. She has the love of two men, one familiar and one an exotic stranger. Which will she chose? I...
With eight weeks to go before the launch of my western romance, Willow Tree Tears, I was asked to explain my inspirations for the narrative. So here goes. There are several. As many of you know I'm originally from England so immersing myself into Canadian life has...
Today I'm sharing a character study of Rachel Hart, the mother of Natalie, the main female character in my current WIP - Captive in Turkey (title pending). I'm asked a lot about my writing process so I hope this explains some of the way I create character's within my...