Every writer should have a no box. It should sit just out of view but have enough presence to remind you why you are doing what you do and what you need to do to get there. It should hold the crumpled letters that told you ‘sorry not this time’… more

Secrets to the publishing world are kept behind doors that only the chosen few get to open. Every one of us longs to be picked, to be the given the key to that door so we can enter the magical land of publishing and see our blood, sweat and tears… more

Although I write children’s books, there are those among my writing community, myself included, that read and write crime. A genre full of blood, guts and gore that would be enough to make the Gruffalo run and hide (of course, the mouse would stand defiantly strong with paws on hips,… more