As many of you know I love prompts and this particular one was set at a recent writing group meeting. The prompt was - Create a character and add something unusual. Alice's World Alice slumped into the chair, huffing and puffing. She didn't want to be here again - a...
One of the requests authors get from publishers is to find similar books to the one they are publishing and promoting. This helps readers decide on their choices. Sometimes this is an easy task, other times not! When I wrote Life in Slake Patch, this task gave me a...
Chasing Through Time In the tumultuous world of high school, Emma grapples with a devastating breakup, a damning social media scandal that threatens her reputation, and an overwhelming sense of isolation. Her parents are distant, she has no true friends, and her...
As many of you know I use Goodreads to track the books I read and I participate in the annual Reading Challenge as well. However, there are many other book trackers you can use. Let's look at a few. Goodreads - This is easy to use and this year they have added...
The 8th May is Make a Book Day. The process has changed considerably from the first scrolls in the 4th Millennium BC, through to block printing on 800 AD to the invention of moveable type in 1000 - 1400 AD. These were initially made of wood, but were not a reliable...
Although, as a Gemini, I am supposedly an air sign, it is water that draws me. It is the element that resonates deep in my soul, it relaxes and calms me. I was told by my parents that on my first trip to the 'seaside' I crawled into the waves without a care. My father...
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...
Over the last fourteen years of being a published author, I have become less nervous about reading to an audience. I'm not sure anyone is ever totally confident when standing in front of a large group of strangers, but I might be wrong. Anyway, here are some tips to...
So this week we will celebrate 'our' day, readers of the world. The 20th March is Bibliomania Day The History of Bibliomania Day It started in the 1950s, as many people from Europe, especially England, were afflicted by what they called “bibliomania.” Book collecting...