I celebrated my birthday over the weekend, and although many believe “with age comes wisdom”, I still struggle with where I should centre my focus each day. For instance, I have a writing deadline, and am happy to report I’ve written another 6,000 words of Tara’s story over the last couple of days. Yay! We’re […]
If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you’ll know there’s plenty of oestrogen in my home with six ladies under one roof. And I love every moment. The chatter and camaraderie as my girls play together—computer, board games, or “make-believe”. The girlish giggles (or rolling-on-the-floor laughter)… and the rare banshee scream. My frequent “Could […]
Once upon a time, I possessed hours and hours of leisure time to expend. Although this season in my life seems like decades ago (oh wait, it is!), and almost mythical, there was a time where I would reread books I enjoyed. Sometimes I would reread a book more than once! (Here’s looking at you […]
There are moments in my life when I *need* to curl up on my bed and dive into a story written by an author I have grown to love and trust. A journey which will be fresh, yet ‘reliable’ for my reader heart, in the sense I know I’ll come away smiling (or snorting/giggling/gasping/swooning) and […]
My second novel released yesterday—yes, Wounded Soul is here!—and I lay in bed last night contemplating my writing journey so far (instead of sleeping, because that’s what intelligent people needing sleep do. Ha!). After the sudden realisation my first four ‘book babies’ are/will be girls, I chuckled. Mr Wonderful asked what was happening in my […]
Mr Wonderful and I recently watched a movie which ticked my “romcom craving” box, but left him wanting in the subplot department. I reminded him not every film unfolds like a Bourne thriller. This spurned conversation about genre in books, and I experienced a split-second moment of feeling intelligent as I explained the intricacies of […]
