I know I’m not the only one who spent a childhood reading under the bedcovers, caught up in the escapism of a good mystery story. I binged on the entire Enid Blyton collection, moving on to devour the Nancy Drew series, and soaking up every page of my brother’s Hardy Boys collection, almost ruining my… Read More
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Writer’s dilemma: Tackling issues that affect friends and family
There is a lot of commentary at the moment about the question of including trigger warnings for books concerning the subject matter and content, lest they upset some unwary reader. But long before this question hit the social conscience, I had concerns far closer to home – misgivings about friends and the members of my… Read More
Thank You
It’s hard to believe that novel number nine – A House Full of Secrets – has now hit the shelves. It wouldn’t be there, on those shelves, without the wonderful support I receive from family and friends, who allow me to disappear into my writing room for long stretches at a time, and with patience… Read More
A Sense of Place
Switzerland in September, the panorama of Lake Lucerne, an irregular shimmer of silvery blue paint on a canvas as old as time, thick green forests plunging down to the sparkling water’s edge. Beyond that the mountains, and the deep, still calm of snow-topped peaks that drift silently on the horizon. Even for the most… Read More
Quitting the Day Job
Something good happened this week, something I’ve been dreaming of and working towards for a long time and I feel I’ve leaped into open space. After years of juggling a busy day job with my writing career, I am now a full time writer. Yes, I will miss my pals in the office, the layers… Read More
Book Signing Day, Friday 15th April
In the realms of exciting authorly events, coming hot on the heels of Publication Day is book signing day. For Someone New, this is planned for Friday 15th April. This means that I will spend the day being whisked in and out of some of my favourite places in the whole world – bookstores –… Read More
Someone New – out now
Someone New is landing on the bookshelves of Ireland and is available on Amazon from today (loud drumroll) and even though publication day has come around for the eighth time, it still feels like the first time; a wonderful and exciting, but also nerve inducing experience. It’s the culmination of almost one thousand hours of… Read More
A Question of Betrayal – inspirations and ideas
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve guested on some blog posts to coincide with the paperback publication of A Question of Betrayal. Huge thank you to all the bloggers who are involved with this, taking the time to prep my posts, then sending them out to the world on their blogs. First up, I’m guesting… Read More
Behind the scenes on Publication Day
Publication Day has arrived! Ta da! Drum roll! You might conjure up visions of an author’s publication day being chock-a-block with champagne celebrations in 5 star hotels while the author glides around on sparkly stilettoes, wearing designer bling, graciously signing hundreds of books for hordes of impatient fans. Not quite! That’s rather a far cry… Read More
The Proofs
There comes a special day in the life of an author, which happens approximately once a year and makes up for all those long, solitary hours, the – sometimes seemingly endless – slog, the succession of late nights and early mornings when you show up hopefully at your desk. It compensates for all the bumps… Read More