I have updated my photography section – please do have a browse!
Words are powerful
A-level results day is approaching and this year, falls on 18 August – an important date in my life.
World Book Day 2022
For the second year in a row, I took part in World Book Day through an online interview with a Year 6 class in Bury – where my old university friend, Vicky, is a teacher. This year was special, however. Firstly, Vicky didn’t have a chance to edit the questions, meaning that I was asked …
“No swearing please – I’m a church warden.”
Dating trials for racy novelist… As the author of the racy novel Sandstorm, and with another in the embryonic stage, I really should be the mistress of all things romantic, and erotic, in the bedroom and very definitely beyond. However, I am instead wonderfully single. My creativity comes from lingered moments from years before, as …
Sunday, Sunday…
I love Sundays. It is often the day where I am most creative – and yet it is also the day that I tend to relax the most. For me, it is a day to look at my diary and see what is coming up in the week ahead; does anything need moving, is there …
Find me on Pinterest
I don’t believe in making New Year resolutions; change can happen at any time, and turning the calendar to 1 January does not magically make things happen. However, for a long time now, I have felt that I should get into the world of Pinterest. A place where I can keep everything all together – …
Sandstorm new cover reveal!
I am so excited to share with you the new cover for my debut novel, Sandstorm. The original cover image was a painting by my dear friend, Shannon Lawlor, chosen with the Arabian horse in mind. However, Sandstorm quickly reached people not familiar with the world of the Arabian horse and thus a new cover …
progress
Goodness, Facebook has reminded me that today marks 13 years since I published my poetry and photography collection, progress. The poetry was written during one period of my life, the photography taken during another, and yet they came together to create a magical, glossy book. I remember several people crying with the emotion of progress, …
Introducing… nourish
I always wanted to write for a food and drink magazine, but now it turns out I have my own! Launching next month is nourish – a taste of East Anglia, a publication I have started in partnership with my friend, Hanneke. The magazine is all things good – recipes, interviews, stunning photography, inspiration, and …
Dating disasters
I was chatting to a friend this week and online dating was mentioned. She is trying to get her single mum to sign up to a site, but her mum has had too many dating disasters, she doesn’t want to. I understand this. My top two dating disasters are enough to put anyone off using …