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My writing journey: Part 5

I am a primary school teacher. I spend all day with children aged 7 to 11. I love reading to them, reading their stories, and exploring their imaginations. I also love inspiring them to read and write and push themselves to achieve what they think will be impossible. Once upon a time, I thought thatContinue reading “My writing journey: Part 5”

My Writing Journey 4: The Messenger, Book 2 of The Beast, The Messenger and The King.

My first book came easily, no distractions, no hesitation, when I look back now it feels like it almost wrote itself (not true, I spent many hours sat with no company except the characters in my head arguing over what they should do next). I have detailed in previous blogs how my author journey movedContinue reading “My Writing Journey 4: The Messenger, Book 2 of The Beast, The Messenger and The King.”

My writing journey: Tales from the Slaughtered Lamb

After the success of writing and launching my first novel, The Beast, the obvious thing to do was to jump straight back into writing the next book in the planned trilogy. Which is exactly what I did. For the first few months, the story flowed out of my imagination and onto the page, but somethingContinue reading “My writing journey: Tales from the Slaughtered Lamb”

My Journey to Write ‘The Beast’ Part 2

And it was just the beginning. There was so very much to learn. My book was out there for the world to find and enjoy and I had the satisfaction of being able to say to anyone and everyone that I was an author. It could all just be that simple. Write it and publishContinue reading “My Journey to Write ‘The Beast’ Part 2”

Cover story 3

Alright, so sales of The Beast have predictably slowed down. So I panicked. I love the cover artwork that I have been using but have always felt that perhaps it would not appeal enough to older readers. After all the book does have some adult themes and is not written for children, although most teenagersContinue reading “Cover story 3”

It’s all about the reviews!

The festive break is over. Everyone is back to work. For some of us the days are short and the nights are long and it feels like we never see the sun.During these bleak months I find myself planning for the spring, hoping that I’ll be able to book a holiday away to a countryContinue reading “It’s all about the reviews!”