I feel like I've been harping on about this quite a bit this past week but, to be honest, when you don't have anyone else advertising you kind of have to become your own annoying publicist. One of my short story series, Etta!, is finally available in paperback WORLDWIDE. It's a fun thing to think [...]
It happens every now and then; I'll receive an email from a company asking if I'd like to review a product. Most of the time it's been a successful interaction (see here and here) and I've ended up trying some cool products. Other times… well, I'll start this off by saying 'always trust your gut'. [...]
This is going to be a wordy blog and less pictures, which you're probably happy about because my photo taking has been terrible recently. I am, what we in the industry like to call 'shutter shy'. Wait, did I make up a cool term or is that a term for something else? I feel like [...]
I feel like I'm always talking about writing on this blog but that's kind of my thing so let's go with it! I'm sure, if you've been following this blog for a while, you'll know my dream career is to be a full time writer. I don't necessarily believe I could earn a living wage [...]
I'm trying, desperately, to get myself into gear with writing. I had a great year in 2016 for writing new stories but I'm stuck at the moment. I've been up and down and all around over the past couple of months which has left my brain a little bit deflated so I thought, whilst I [...]
I can't even believe this month is already over. I don't know if you've noticed but I didn't keep up with my usual number of posts; I'm feeling the shame, don't worry! However, saying that I'm also not. I have mentioned things here and there about my writing and I'm going to be using July [...]
For a long time I had the mind-set that self publishing wasn't really what I'd consider 'published'. To be fair I still, in a way, think this. It's not that self publishing is a cop out or a sign that you're a bad writer, it's just that I strive to become published by a publishing house because [...]
Hi gang! I'm currently enrolled on bloggers 101; a course run by WordPress to give helpful hints and tips on how to make a blog better. Today's assignment is to introduce ourselves... now, the first thing I want to say is I have no desire to make this blog super successful but I do want to [...]
It's taken me years. Actual years. I started writing my first book in 2009, I think it was. I've written a few since then but this was the one I was determined to finish and try to get published first because it's my baby. Edit after edit, painful year after year, I've worked on this to the point [...]
The call for a new job is loud. To me, anyway. I've been in the same place for almost ten years now and I'm getting antsy. Whilst I appreciate the freedom the job has given me to explore other things I'm itching to move somewhere else and try something new. I've seen a few job [...]
