Trailblazers, Jazz, and 1940s Style: The Inspiration Behind In 5 Days' Time

New Year, New Plans: Exciting Changes, A Free Read & My 2025 Author Goals

How I dealt with challenges and deadlines as a writer.

How to get motivated by looking at how much you've achieved already.

Breathing life into fiction with real-life characters

The Celebrity Book Deal Dilemma in Fiction Publishing

Thursday Thoughts: Una Marson, poet, playwrite, activist, journalist and broadcaster

Why Understanding Your Genre Matters for Authors

How to Promote Your Book in a Way That Suits Your Personality

How Creative Rest and Play make writers more productive.

Monday Motivation post about the achievements of Toni Morrison

Book Review of Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

This a my weekly Monday Motivation blog post with quotes by inspirational women.

Thursday Thoughts, how readers can support independent authors

This is the journey of how I turned an idea into a book.

How I combine historical fact with my historical fiction

My top 5 Must-read Novels with Powerful Female Leads

5 Ways Research Can Benefit and Author Writing Their Next Novel

This is the picture that captured the spirit of my latest novel, The Long Way Home. Set on the West Indian island of Dominica, The Long...

10 Things You Should Know Before Becoming an Independent Author