There is something compelling about repetition in art. Some of my favourite songs go on forever, repeating the same beats endlessly, some of my favourite paintings are eternally repeated patterns…
Five fantastically fierce female protagonists in five fabulous books. These women do not back down - they are relentless. And yet they are not just weird alpha (fe)males in summer…
I've never published any of my own work, so I’m in no position to give any form of writing advice to anyone. And completely ignoring my lack of qualifications to…
Romance has two strict genre rules. Firstly, the love story must be central to the story. Although there can be interweaving subplots, the story is about the protagonists and their…
Here are five books that I read when I started to write seriously. They are all superb in their own way. I won’t say that these books saved my life,…
I’ve started to attend a few writers groups and conferences, and inevitably I’ve met other writers. There was no avoiding it. They were there and I was there, and I…
I’ve been blogging for years on and off. It’s how my writing expressed itself for the longest time, and it’s only recently that I’ve finally leaned into my enjoyment of…