This time last year I was battling a hangover after welcoming in the New Year as a skint, single and jobless 30 year old at a local pub with my dad.…
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Do you ever have times when you feel like you’re drowning? You mentally beat yourself up because you’re so behind with the things you need to do? That looking at your…
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With the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction winner announced tonight and the lovely comments I received after I told you how to write a book, I thought I’d share some more of…
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*Ooh new NotWedorDead series klaxon alert* Talking about travelling, writing and erm cakes are my true passions in life. Even better when all three things collide. But I thought it may…
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Yesterday evening was spent cutting out badly shaped leaves made from green card to stick to an empty wrapping paper tube to make a beanstalk. As you do. The reason for…
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This still feels utterly insane writing this blog post where I can finally share with you the real life front cover for my book. Say whaaaaaat! (insert all the excitable emojis…
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Forget gory horror films, supernatural novels or things that go bump in the night… what makes you REALLY scared? For most people, myself included, the things that are the scariest are…
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The crisp crunch of leaves under your feet, fresh air tinged with the smell of burnt matches, and the comforting hug of snuggling up in a chunky warm jumper is exactly…
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I’d always imagined attending a book launch would be something you’d only do if an opportunity to stick rusty nails into your corneas wasn’t available. I’d pictured jumped up authors huddled…
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As well as loving writing this blog I also love reading other blogs (if you do too then add me on Bloglovin’ – shameless plug, I know), and one of my…
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Source Postcards bring so much nostalgia, especially of trips you took as a child eager to share all you’ve seen and done (usually bragging about the weather or the foreign cuisine)…
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Source I’ve mentioned in a few older blog posts about how I was writing a novel, but I never went into too much detail about the how and why of this…