One of the joys of travelling is reading about the places you’re visiting. Which makes Trip Fiction one of my favourite sites. Here’s a piece I wrote for them about how I create my locations.
Category Archives: Personal Writing
Omoi-No-Mama
They say never look back; but I think remembering your wedding day(s!) is okay…
Between the Lines
When I was asked to write a piece for a book blog, this is what came to mind.
Breaking the Silence
When I was asked to write a piece for a book blog in the same week as Baby Loss Awareness Week, I knew it had to be on that topic. Since I co-founded Water Babies in 2002, it’s raised an incredible £4.5million for Tommy’s. Something which makes me unbelievably proud.
Ten Key Things I Learnt Through Indie-Publishing a Novel
When I decided to self-publish one of my novels, I had no idea how much it would teach me about the profession of being a writer.
Shoot the Moon: a novel
Over the last six years I’ve written three novels – and had to think hard before self-publishing my first though KDP and Amazon. But now it’s out there I’m glad I did, as so many people seem to really like it.
From Totteridge to Kathmandu
For a while I did a blog about people’s fabulous untold stories. I’m so rubbish at tagging etc it didn’t go anywhere, but it seems a shame to let these wonderful tales languish in internet limbo. So here’s the first…
Thoughts on Being Racist
I wrote this at the end of the week of Meghan, Harry and Oprah. A week that stirred up much debate, some of which affected me personally. So this was my attempt in response to move the conversation forward in a positive way.