This is an updated version of a post I wrote a while back – but it seems as essential as ever (if not more so). I have been thinking a lot about kindness this week. This has been prompted by two things – public and personal. Seeing the outpouring of donations to the survivors of […]
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So, I am *thrilled* about this: Stella My Star is selling custom Dark Dates necklaces (limited edition) on her Etsy site – and giving £5 from each sale to the British Heart Foundation. You can buy one here – and while you are at it, check out her fab range of geeky merch, which covers everything from […]
I am doing a price promo for February, with 4 – yes, 4! – of my books available on Kindle for a mere 99p. So whether your taste runs to sexy, funny vampire snark, a Newcastle-set romcom or you want some dark contemporary fiction, I’ve got you covered. Plus YOU get to support my writing, […]
Like many writers or creatives, one of my resolutions this year (every year!) is to dedicate more time to my creative ambitions. Finish that book, submit to that competition, pitch more articles… whatever your dream or ambition, I am sure you made a similar goal. For many, that will include practical strategies for doing so: […]
Ah, the heady feel of a new year, when you can leave all of last year’s mistakes behind you and emerge as some shiny, productive, improved version of yourself. At least until the second week in January, when it all seems a bit too much like hard work, the weather is bloody miserable, your next […]
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at an ALCS on How to Make Money From Your Writing. The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society is an organisation set up to make sure writers get paid for their work – I feel a little silly that I haven’t joined yet, that is definitely on my […]
I’m always a sucker for merch, so when I noticed that the Literary Gift Company was selling personalised character mugs I decided to treat myself to a Dark Dates one for (early) Christmas. I could, I suppose, have got a mug asking what Cass would do, but since that’s basically eat cake, drink and stress – i.e. what I would do […]
