Can You Write a Pillowman?

Welcome back! I hope that everyone has had a great Easter and eaten enough chocolate to keep Thorntons in business for another year? You should all count yourselves lucky, by the way. I was going to try and come up Read more

Would you read romance on the bus?

As a teenager, I wouldn’t have been caught dead reading anything romantic. I mean, I had romance novels. I had a stack of romance novels as high as my knee. I just would have rather faked anaphylactic shock than have Read more

Self-Promotion Ninja!

Today my novel, Labyrinth of Stone, goes on sale from Torquere Press. It’s very exciting and I am absolutely delighted – working with my editor and everyone at Torquere Press has been brilliant. There’s just one thing, now it’s time Read more

New Year’s Resolutions – DON’T!

Do you know what one of the most common New Year’s Resolutions is? OK, it slots in under ‘lose weight’ and ‘stop drinking’, but ‘writing a novel’ is a pretty common one to come up with on New Year’s Day. Read more

Someone killed Santa?!

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I love a good theme. Once, I tried to steal a Klingon waiter’s boots at a Star Trek themed restaurant in Vegas. Parties, hen-nights, restaurants? It doesn’t matter. If there is a theme, I’m there. Admittedly, I’ll usually take an Read more

Have Kilt…Will Travel

Last time we spoke I promised you all a blog about Nanowrimo. The problem with that is that I have failed miserably at it this year. I spent the first week in Scotland, and, between the gorgeous scenery and the Read more