This post will appear on the 3rd of September 2025.* It will be a day where, I'm sure, many interesting things will happen and, I hope, ...

Today marks the end of a new words push, started in wonderful Chez Castillon in late September, and aided by a month-long not-NaNoWriMo or...

Metaphors. They’re great, right? Our first port of call when grappling with complexity. Soz, but seriously... How can we describe somethin...

I've just finished my latest YA thriller first draft which is currently being read by my trusted Beta readers. Hurray! It's the time...

“Having struggled for a year to get new words onto the page, I’m hoping that by this time next year – the creative gods willing – a full f...

 Hi all, What do you do when you're between books? I'm back from a very restful kiting holiday. For the first time since I don't...

This last while, through an odd set of circumstance, I have been working on some early readers. These are not huge books, as you can imag...

I’ve been posting writing prompts based on settings on Instagram recently. This view of Kynance Cove at dusk felt like looking down on a...

I’ve always believed that writing a book is a very special journey of trust and exploration. It’s like a dance, maybe, or a relationship, o...

 I’m currently writing the fifteenth 1st draft of my first longer fiction for over 8s. How can it be the fifteenth 1st draft, my non-writi...

  My Grandma as a child outside the Taj Mahal  My writing has always been inspired by my Grandma; as a child she would take my...