Delighted to receive a parcel today from my friend Jo, who runs Stella My Star, a woman-run small crafts business that does a fantastic range of geeky themed jewellery. As you may recall, she sent me a custom-made Dark Dates charm the other day but the package came open in the post – but, star […]
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My life feels like a series of coming full circle at the moment – but, happily, in really nice ways. Moving home, reconnecting with old friends and my family, and now, with my work. Yes, I am super excited – and nervous – to announce that my first books are now available on Kindle for […]
2018 has been a funny old year – for most of us, I think. The world has felt more than a little nuts (remember when we were all just sad lots of famous people were dying – ah, good times) and it’s impossible not to let that bleed into your everyday life. If you, like […]
So, as some of you will know, I am in the process of moving back to Newcastle right now (see my new blog, Prodigal Geordie, for updates). It’s been an interesting, if not always easy process, and one that has thrown up some emotional issues. Is it an admission of failure – that I can’t […]
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 […]
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 […]
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