Hello lovely people – it’s time for something completely different this week! If you follow me on social media, you probably already know that my third Beaufort Scales cozy mystery with dragons is coming out at the end of this month. *tries not to hyperventilate* This is of course fantastically exciting, at least for me,…
writer's life
A Writing Space & the Books I Need In It
Regular readers (or watchers – no, viewers. Watchers is creepy) may recall that last year I wrote about the fact that I bought a desk. A real desk that didn’t fall to bits under the assault of my typing; was big enough to hold a laptop, tea, cookies, and a notebook; and, most importantly, on…
Launch Day for Baking Bad – A Cozy Mystery with Dragons
Okay lovely people. I know you’ve heard me carrying on about cozy mysteries (or a particular cozy mystery with dragons) for quite long enough now, but today is launch day, so bear with me. Before we get into it, though, I have some huge thank yous to say. Firstly to all of you who have…
Failing in the Right Direction – the Writers’ Life
Warning! Warning! Personal Post Ahead! There will be failing! (And possibly flailing.) Eeek, get it off! Get it off! Just kidding. Well, not really. But this is actually a post about failing, and having a bit of a rubbish year, and there are less dragons involved than you may have come to expect. Although I’ve…
The Liebster Award – Writing, Invisibility, and Plant Murder
Hello wonderful people! I have big news this week. It seems that another wonderful person – Lynda, of Easy Reader Editing – has nominated me for a Liebster Award. Me, not the Little Furry Muse! (Although obviously she still takes full credit for any award-worthy material produced. Where is one without one’s muse? Certainly not…