The writing roundup for 2022
I love a good review/ summary post and since I’ve had a bit of a challenging start to this year, (and consequently haven’t had a chance to share my ...
Category: Every day life
Down in a sinkhole
Before writing Wolf Mother (The Moonstruck Mother Series, Book 1), I’d never seen a sinkhole – let alone been in one – and if it hadn’t ...
A walk down Ghost Mushroom Lane
Maybe it’s because I was a city kid, or most likely, it’s because I’m a fantasy writer – but the word ‘forest’ is usually en...
It takes a village: The Complementary Kitchen Publisher Logo Design
I’ve chatted about the Wolf Mother cover design and editing and today, in the last post in this little ‘It takes a village’ mini-series, IR...
It takes a village: Editing the Wolf Mother book
As I said previously, writing (and publishing) a book, is a bit like raising kids; it takes a village. Last post, I chatted about the cover design, and in this ...
It takes a village: The Wolf Mother Cover Design
Just like raising children, publishing a book takes a village. I wrote the Wolf Mother book, but a couple of other incredibly talented women (my pack of Lone Wo...
My cat swallowed a sewing needle (and other odd things that happened while I was writing a book)
Some writers write fast, while others might take longer. My novel, Wolf Mother (The Moonstruck Mother Series, Book 1) took me 23 months to write. While it’...
The tale of two tigers
There have been quite a few weird coincidences while I was writing Wolf Mother (The Moonstruck Mother Series, Book 1). The freakiest of them all was learning (a...
From the bookshelf: January 2018 books I have read
Because I only pressed “publish” on the 18th Jan for the final book in my non-fiction cookbook series, I started out the year a little slow…. ...
A standing ovation for my new writing set-up.
There was a lot of talk a few years ago about standing desks and how they were so much better for you, and that “sitting was the new smoking.” But, ...
