It’s a question I will never get tired of asking, so here I am asking it again: why is it that in almost every other field of the arts, being ‘indie’ is seen as cool, rebellious, anti-establishment – but when it comes to publishing, it’s a clear-cut sign a writer just isn’t good enough to […]
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When you are trying to carve a career in the arts, it can feel like you are competing with everyone – especially since a lot of funding / career opportunities are literally competitions so, um, you sort of are. But, in truth, other artists can be the best friends you can have. (Note, because writing and theatre […]
I’ve written a lot about writing advice – the good and the bad – but if there is one piece of ‘accepted wisdom’ I’d like to see killed by fire, it’s ‘REAL writers write every day’. ‘Real writers write every day’, you are told, as if being a writer is an uncontrollable impulse that must […]
I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions. In part this is due to my fondness for seeing autumn, with its ‘back to school new notebook’ vibe (and the fact that my birthday is in September) as a much more natural fresh start, in part because my schedule tends to be frantic from November […]
In an unequal world where we are encouraged to monetise every aspect of our lives, do we need to redefine what ‘failure’ really is? And maybe consider that sometimes – often, even – it might actually be a good and necessary thing? As you can tell from how often I’ve updated this blog over the […]
For those of you who like a nice romcom, my book The Bridesmaid Blues (“perfect for fans of Lindsey Kelk” and “a smarter, funnier Bridget Jones’ Diary”) is only 99p on Kindle all month! For those who don’t, my novel Doll (“holy fuck, this book, who is this woman?”) and short story collection No Love […]
Yes, I know I have been very quiet lately – work, life, the usual, with the pandemic having sapped most of my resources – but since it’s officially spooky season, I am doing a price promo for Blood Burns throughout October: get it on Kindle for a mere 99p. Which considering it is an absolute […]
It’s probably a sign of just how derailed I have been by the pandemic that I haven’t actually posted that much about my new book, Blood Burns, being out. Those who have waited patiently for this – the latest installment of the Dark Dates books – will know that it’s been overdue for a while, […]
Yup, it’s been a LONG wait (sorry!) but the new Dark Dates book is finally out. You can buy it in paperback or for Kindle here. It’s a bit weird launching a book in a pandemic but I did have a couple of drinks to celebrate…
It’s finally here! The latest installment in the Dark Dates series is published on 11 March (Kindle, with paperback about the same time). You can pre-order here AND get the bargain introductory price of £2.99 (which is a bargain – it’s a chonk of a book!) Pre-orders are great for authors, so if you are […]
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