2014-10-01 07:00
Back when I was a wee nipper of but... 23(?) I started work on His Wicked Shadow. It wasn't called that then, and it was a very different book.It seems a long time ago, and although it… Read More
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The trials of a wannabe writer, with links to short stories and Guin, a twisted fairy tale with a new chapter released every week.
2014-09-29 07:00
To celebrate the release of His Wicked Shadow in paperback, here's Chapter One to whet your appetite...CHAPTER 1I have always hated summer. England is supposed to be damp and grey, and I lov… Read More
2014-09-28 11:30
After weeks and weeks of planning and editing and proofing and re-proofing and anxiously checking the postbox for delivery, IT'S FINALLY READY!!!Squeeeeeee! :) The paperback is now avai… Read More
2014-09-20 06:41
Our internet has been down for about two weeks. At first it didn't really bother me - I had work to be getting on with. Proofreading and editing, formatting etc on His Wicked Shadow. Wr… Read More
2014-09-03 07:00
I am not a morning person.And as such have no morning pictures. Have an evening on Ilkley Moor instead.In spite of having worked full time for about 6 years, my body is still on student time… Read More
2014-08-20 19:08
Do you remember when I used to title all my blog posts with Austen-style alliteration? No? Shame. Those were the days. More recently my blog-worthy activities haven't been so alliteration fr… Read More
2014-08-04 17:35
I spent some time trying to think of a really great "proof" pun to title this blog. Something to do with "The Proof of the Pudding", or perhaps "Proof, If Proof Were Needed", but then I real… Read More
2014-07-19 13:29
I have been pretty good with staying on top of the blogging recently, so please excuse obligatory boring holiday post, as I feel bound to explain where I've been for the past week. HOLIDAY I… Read More
2014-07-07 20:08
By which I mean, of course, that I have looked at it and looked at it, and furrowed my brow, and there is one bit that I just absolutely do not like, but I can't figure out how to fix it. So… Read More
2014-06-30 18:50
About, what, eight months ago, I posted about this drawing I had been working on - the first drawing I'd really done from life for a long time. And it was great fun, and a real re-learning e… Read More
2014-06-22 14:48
I have always hated summer.The first line of His Wicked Shadow (plug!) was drawn very much from my own personal feelings. I have always hated summer. When I was little I found something abou… Read More
2014-06-16 22:51
One of the questions I am asked most often is why I decided to go vegan. I went vegetarian over 4 years ago, after I cooked my first chicken and was appalled that I couldn't bring myself to… Read More
2014-06-16 22:50
I've always had a sweet tooth, and the chocolatier the treat, the better. Back in November when this FEAST OF EPIC PROPORTIONS was undertaken, I'd been vegan for just over a month. I hadn't… Read More
2014-06-16 22:50
Following on from the Starter post, here's our main - Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta with Garlic Bread. (Capitals are important to emphasise just how tasty this was). And now to pas… Read More
2014-06-16 22:48
One summer, before I started university and got a job, I spent the long summer months both trying (not very hard) to find a part time job, and reading between 2 and 3 novels a day. I can hon… Read More
2014-06-16 22:48
A few years back, I wrote a book. It was the second full-length piece of fiction I'd ever written, and was a massive learning curve. It went through draft after draft as I tried to find my f… Read More
2014-06-16 22:48
I've touched on this briefly in a previous blog, (could be the last one, depending on if or when I decide to publish this) but over the past year or so I've found it increasingly difficult t… Read More
2014-06-16 22:48
The other day I read An Abundance of Katherines, and it wasn't until I got to the end and saw the author picture that I realised that John Green was in fact, that John Green, whose… Read More
2014-06-16 22:47
So make of that what you will. I'm not entirely sure what to make of it myself Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
So I did some blogs, promising to be all bloggy from now on (I may not have put that, but that's what I was telling myself) and then I went and disappeared for a month. Inorite, a whole mont… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I wore sneakers yesterday for the first time this year. Until now, and really, since about October, it's been non-stop boots weather, but yesterday was fine, so I decided to chance it. … Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As a young lady of taste and refinement, I enjoy a good, crass joke every now and then. Or rather, as often as possible. However, as a young professional and someone who has to interact with… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Every so often you come across something which says, beautifully, everything that you want to say but weren't sure how to. I'm posting this here not only to share, but to remind myself of th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I've been pretty stressed recently. I try to stay away from stress as much as possible. I used to have a very stressful job which made me feel very busy and like one of those proper peo… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Yup. I drew myself looking really sad. Obviously.It's been about 10 years since I pencil shaded anything, which is probably why this picture seems to me to have the whiff of A-Level art abou… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If you fancy a free copy of His Wicked Shadow, I'm currently running a giveaway on Goodreads, where there are five paperback copies to be won.All you need to do is go here! If you aren't a G… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
When I was first planning His Wicked Shadow, I was going through a bit of a love affair with Kate & Leopold. By which I of course mean, I was more than a little bit enamoured by Hugh Jac… Read More
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