Videos



My first book reading!
Call Me Mummy IS a Christmas novel!



My writing 'journey' - in mugs!


My giddy proof cover reveal for

CALL ME MUMMY
😁💖😁



Why my novel means so much to me
 



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

TROLLS

  When I was a kid, I had a collection of Trolls – funny little plastic figures with wild hair. One sat on top of my pen for years. I’ve always liked them.   But nowadays, online trolls are pure evil. So virulent are Twitter trolls, the counter movement #BeKind has evolved.   It’s all too easy to gob off online - a few late-night beers, and from the comfort of your own sofa, nastiness can wing its way into the life of some poor sod you’ve never met.        It’s no good saying, ‘but they’re famous’ as a defence. That’s like saying people are asking for it.        It horrifies me how personal some of the comments are. Women are slammed for being too fat, too thin, too old, having too much Botox, being frumpy or too sexy. We can’t win. Parenting styles are vilified. Often these comments are from other women. Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can break your spirit. Verbal bullying can be worse than ph...
Read more

WHY AND HOW I POPPED MY NANOWRIMO CHERRY

    I’d never heard of NaNoWriMo until I started spending more time on social media during the very brief periods of time between working from home and sobbing aerobically from home for the last nine months, which have felt like nine bloody years . To be honest, I’m very new to social media and have learned all sorts of things in the last year – from NaNoWriMo to Writers Lifts and Pile Ons!        If you too are new to all this, NaNoWriMo stands for the National Novel Writing Month and during November, the aim is to write every day a minimum of around 1,6000 words so by the end of the month you have 50,000 words towards a novel. I think it started in the States.         This is literally all the information I had, gleaned from one single Tweet I saw on November 1st, although I then became aware of writers (often young and bushy tailed) announcing their daily word totals. Being me (knackered, grey droopy tailed, ...
Read more
  A revealing Q&A from the Pigeonhole a Book Club in your pocket   The Pigeon asks…   What research did you do for   Nasty Little Cuts ? Pretty much all my personal experiences went into this. I’ve had a LOT of bad relationships. Abusive, violent, control freaks, liars, addicts… Married 3 times. The book is dedicated to my current husband who is lovely. What a bloody relief. I also did research on domestic violence & murder suicides in Britain – this was before the pandemic. It got worse in lockdown Why do you think you became a writer? I always loved writing. My mum could barely write. She was a traveller & fairground people didn’t put a lot of stock on that at the time. Mental arithmetic was more important – so she could give the right change on the coconut shy. My grandad couldn’t read or write. My parents really encouraged me to do well at school. And I want to tell stories that resonate with me. How important is setting for your writing? I often focu...
Read more