Following on from a recent column on imposter syndrome, I thought this week would be a good week to take a bit of a break, let everyone relax, and watch ...continue reading >>

It was not enough to simply research what it was like to live in the time period of my novel.  Somehow, I needed to feel the emotion of my characters ...continue reading >>

My latest book, Uprising, is the third part of the multi-author series, Burning Skies. The book follows the main Character Cal as his holiday to New York is interrupted by ...continue reading >>

My first book, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, has just been published by Egmont UK, but my journey of writing it might begin somewhere you wouldn’t expect. When I ...continue reading >>

This week’s column topic comes in from a beginner writer who asked if I could focus on grammar. Delighted to. Grammar is a sore point for many of us, but ...continue reading >>

I’ve just sent the final proof changes for my new thriller Keep Your Eyes on Me to my wonderful editors Sara O’Keefe and Poppy Mostyn-Owen in Corvus Atlantic. My first ...continue reading >>

Writing the dreaded sophomore novel is a daunting process. Most authors who have bled over their second book will confirm that. When the time came for me to write another ...continue reading >>

Once I decided to write a memoir, I undertook to read as many of the great writers’ memoirs as possible.  I read with a writer’s eye, learning something from each ...continue reading >>

In this week’s column I thought I’d take a look at imposter syndrome. This is something that I know most writers suffer from at one time or another during their ...continue reading >>

Submissions deadline: open The Passage Between is a transatlantic anthology founded by two close friends that found themselves separated by the Atlantic. We mix the literary movements of Ireland, the United ...continue reading >>