A new sunrise

Greetings from the great beyond! Firstly can I apologise for the non-existent posts over the last year or so. My life has taken a dramatic twist and I am still running to keep up with it all. After many years of crying and stalking publishers on the net, I had my first short story published.

Friday Fictioneers – A day in the Life

It’s been a while. This will be my last post of 2015. I hope everyone’s had a fabulous Christmas and gearing up for an even better New Year. If you’d like to join in the latest Friday Fictioneers run by the lovely Rochelle, please find the latest photo prompt and rules here. Just write to

Five for Friday – Interview with Pleasant Street

Welcome to Five for Friday! I’ve decided it’s time for a regular spot on my blog. So every Friday (or at least every other Friday) I will write a post.  It can be anything from 5 tips to sell your novel or 5 reasons you should eat as much cake as you can. So to

I don’t like Coffee!!!

Well, actually I don’t mind it every now and then. But a good cup of tea is the way to go, for me. You have to make it right though, ‘as it comes’ is definitely not an option! I like mine milky, but not anaemic, dark enough to tell its tea but if you’ve hit

How do you do it?

With pen and paper? Straight to screen? With a sparkler…or perhaps an Enigma machine for the extremely paranoid? Each writer has their own preferred method of working. Stephen King writes longhand onto yellow legal pads. J K Rowling writes longhand then transfers it to screen – editing as she goes. George R. R. Martin writes