Now, I must admit I have long had a Bridget Jonesian level of fascination for self-help books. I read them like other people devour thrillers or romances – for a dose of pure escapism. It doesn’t matter if they are not remotely relevant to my life, and sometimes, the more bonkers they are, they more […]
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Yesterday was International Women’s Day and I was at a bit of a loss over what to do, rather than just let the current state of the world drown me in a terrible wave of apathy and despair. I’m a freelancer so nobody would notice if I went on strike, there were no demos near […]
Been a busy few weeks on the Dark Dates promo front, but been doing a lot of fun stuff: including getting to talk about some of my favourite things – notebooks and New York! Jera’s Jamboree is doing a stationery love feature that I was delighted to be part of – you know I love […]
Ah, 2016 – what a brutal beast of a year. Like many people I am still reeling from the seemingly non-stop onslaught of horrors that has been the past 12 months – but books, at least, have provided a consistent solace and distraction. I managed to put a couple of my own out (and […]
Three years ago, in May, I became homeless and an orphan in the same weekend. Both of those things are true, while at the same time, not true: factually accurate, emotively incorrect. Only child of a single mother, I was indeed (to my knowledge – hi, Dad, if you’re out there!) an orphan, though that […]
One of the most exciting things about getting the books into print is the thought of them being out there in the world as things, so I have been chuffed to bits by people sending me pics of the books when they’ve bought them, especially if they send me ‘shelfies’, as there’s a particular thrill […]
