Top ten reasons why you should have a book launch for your début novel: Congratulations, you are now an author! Leave your cave and go and join in the celebrations. Breathe a sigh of relief after all the hard work, tantrums, killer-procrastination days, tears, a gazillion edits and so much… more

All around the world tonight, glasses of whisky will be raised and Scottish delicacies consumed (sometimes it’s easier to forget what haggis is made from and just enjoy it) in celebration of the life and times of Robert Burns, the famous Bard of Ayrshire. A poet and romantic, he was… more

As a writer, I find myself alone a lot of the time. It’s not that I don’t have any friends, I’m bored or have nothing to do, on the contrary, there aren’t enough days in the week to complete my to-do list and WIPs. So how do I keep myself… more