As the lovely beta-readers are getting back to me with their feedback on Baking Bad, Beaufort’s first cozy mystery, I’m starting to see a trend. Well, two. One is the terrible muddling of my US and UK English (terms, not spelling), which I blame both on New Zealand’s sometimes quite hybridised version of English, and…
Beaufort Scales
7 Signs You’re In A Cozy Mystery
As you may or may not know, the current WIP (ahem, two current WIPs, cough cough) is a cosy mystery. Or cozy mystery, as although that’s the American spelling, it seems to be the standard for all these gentle whodunnits, even the ones set in small English villages and featuring tea-drinking dragons. However you spell…
Scones, Bookish Food, & Dragons
Scones. Glorious little pillows of fluffiness, crowned with jam and (if you’re feeling decadent) a healthy dollop of clotted cream. Delightfully easy to make. Quick to cook. Perfect for a Sunday treat, but always make extra, because nothing brightens up a new week like leftover scones for breakfast. I can’t remember when I became such…
What I Write (Because it’s not what I thought it was)
Apparently there are these things called elevator pitches, and I should have one. In theory, it’s a quick and hopefully irresistibly interesting way to answer the dreaded question: “So, what do you write?” My replies, so far, have included: “Ah. Um. Well. Yes. It’s hard to explain.” “Well, there’s a, uh, young girl, and some…
Two Years of Blogging & an Escaped Octopus
Happy blogiversary to meeeeee! Actually, no. Not really. I was just looking at my blogging files and suddenly realised that they go all the way back 2016. 2016, you guys. Okay, it’s not that long. But really – who knew I had that many words in my head? Well, coherent ones, anyway. I did not….
