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I get asked about writing tips a lot. It’s strange because I’m hardly Stephen King or J.K. Rowling, but I’m making a living from writing so I suppose that’s something. We can’t all be literary...
View ArticleRainy Day Blog
Its pouring rain outside. I dunno what it is about that, but it makes me reflective. Perhaps its the sound of the rain hitting the neighbours tin roof. Perhaps its the raindrops coursing down the...
View ArticleThe Gratitude Post
Life’s been rather serious of late. Houses, negotiations, business sales, business start-ups, books, launches, life, etc etc etc. When I sat down this morning, content in the realisation that I didn’t...
View ArticleSeparation Anxiety and Unrelated Observations
My manuscript has left my hands. Just like that. Gone. My book-baby is in the hands of a surgeon for the next week. (The surgeon being my proofreader who is doing the final check-over prior to...
View ArticleThe Pause before the Plunge
The countdown is on for the launch of book two. The second book trailer just went live. I’ve got one manuscript done, poised for the printer, another manuscript waiting to be written, and very little...
View ArticleThe Irrefutable Laws of Grammar
There are none. There I said it. This is what I say in the silence of my own mind whenever I smile back at a person who just told me “I can proofread your work. I’m really good at spelling and...
View ArticlePost Holiday Blues
I’m winning at life today. I’ve been operating under the impression that it was Monday all day. Then I came to the crashing realisation that a) it was Tuesday, b) I was supposed to be at coffee with a...
View ArticleSo You Want to Write a Sequel
My first book was a standalone. There was really nowhere I could take the characters that wasn’t corny, over-reaching or over-capitalising. Yes, it was a good book. No, there wasn’t a sequel. No, there...
View ArticleCountdown to Launch
It’s happening. The first boxes of “The Remnant” are on the doorstep, waiting for the postman to take them away. The launch party venue and decor is arranged (I think, but I’ll leave that with my...
View ArticleLaunch Day, Baby!
On Saturday, Team Remnant was in full swing launching the long-awaited book. The hype had been building for a while with three book trailers released in the lead up to the day. I’d launched a couple of...
View ArticleAll The Details: The Remnant
Hey guys and girls, The Remnant is out and the first readers have only great things to say. One happy author here! Now, I thought I’d better put a blog post out there so ya’ll know where to get it. All...
View ArticleWhat is the Christian Utopia?
I started writing novels because I wanted to help people understand. I wanted to use my gift, of words and imagination, to bring clarity and do so wrapping it all in an exciting, suspenseful, character...
View ArticleReflections on the Year That Was
I swear I was making new years resolutions three seconds ago. Now I’m packing hubby off to the shopping centre because the only present that doesn’t appear below our tree yet is the one with my name...
View ArticleDear Discouraged Writer
I could have titled this ‘note to self,’ but I figure there are a lot more of us out there. You see, 2015 was an incredible year professionally. I got to help write a book that is literally changing...
View ArticleWhy I Write Supernatural Fiction
Hola! Well! Its been quite a ride since I last blogged! Life is happening at a pace that’s a little hard to keep up with, truth be told. In the last couple of weeks, we’ve crossed the countryside for...
View ArticleNew on Amazon!
I’m thrilled to announce that there’s this hot new Christian fiction masterpiece lighting up Kindles on Amazon! That’s right! The Remnant: Mark of Elijah is now available on Amazon. You can get it...
View ArticleHiatus
Hey! So I’m pretty proud that my resolution to blog twice a week lasted a few months (Okay, it wasn’t a new years resolution. It was a September resolution. BUT! Still. That’s something right?? Its...
View ArticleWaiting for the lightbulb
Hola! It’s been a month since the last blog post! But it certainly hasn’t been a month since I’ve put pen to paper. It’s been rather busy on the writing front. I’m hoping to get the life-coaching book...
View ArticleReviews, reviews, reviews.
I know. This post has to go down as self-promotion. But you’re going to excuse me for that, if for no other reason than that its jolly hard work to write a book, ya’ll! Note that! So after spending...
View ArticleThat’s an affirmative
Greetings all! You’ll have to excuse my hiatus from this blog. You see, I’ve been working on a very important project – a bouncing baby boy named Henry. He came into our lives precisely four weeks ago...
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