

KEPOW! Action Sequences and Taming Them
BANG! Do I have your attention? Action is something that's becoming more and more important in all genres. You could argue that action is...


Essex Author Day!
On Saturday, I was lucky enough to be invited to be a part of Essex Author Day as part of the Essex Book Festival.


Pace = Climbing Mountains and Jumping Off Them
Pace can be a tricky skill to learn and reign in. Every writer I know has struggled with it in one capacity or another. Either your work...


Awesome Female Protagonists Written by Women! IWD 2017
As I've been doing these blogs for a few years, I was stuck for something to list. I love a list, don't you? I've already listed my...


Genre: Mountain Trolls or Victorian Maidens?
Picking a genre isn't so much you thinking about genres and deciding what you want to write. Most of the time, the genre picks you. To...


Top 10 Stand-Alone YA Novels for World Book Day!
Last year I made a list of my top ten favourite book series. This year I'm celebrating the stand-alone novel! Here are my top 10...