Firstly, a huge thank you to all my followers, subscribers and readers for reading, commenting, liking and dropping by my blog and website over the last fifteen years. It is quite the milestone and I am extremely grateful to everyone of you. Writing is a lonely task,...
I'm celebrating three writer wins today. We all want to be recognized for our writing, whether our novels, blogs, articles, or to be included in some literary aspect. When the hard work pays off it is a special kind of celebration. These are my three wins! I'm on the...
Many of us dream of one of our novels becoming a movie. For many it will remain a pipe-dream, but that doesn't mean we should give up before even giving it a try. We can pursue the dream, or indeed the draw of the movie industry. There are some steps that need to be...
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...
We are all familiar with emoji's in our day to day lives from text exchange on our phones, comments on social media, or even online message boards, they have become commonplace. They are even included in many computer keyboards so we can utilize them on most...
When we transition from writer to published author, there are many things that change. No longer can we sit in isolation, hide from the world, or pretend it's a 'hobby'. Words we created are available to the public and so begins the promotion bandwagon. The reality is...
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...
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...
What was the impetus to begin your transformational journey? In 2008, my first husband was killed in a bicycle/car accident. We had divorced four years earlier but remained friends and co-parented our three children. His tragic accident and sudden death triggered...