Work in Progress

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I’ve written an update here. Life has been crazy over the last few months, I’ve had so much to tell you but no time to do it! I did my very first author book reading to a live audience. The nerves nearly got to me but IContinue reading “Work in Progress”

We’re #1!

Some weeks are good weeks and some weeks are great weeks. This is a great week and I’m just going to take a moment to enjoy that. I didn’t get into writing with the idea I was going to make money from it. Sure, I’ve had my little fantasies from time to time, I guessContinue reading “We’re #1!”

Mapping Sanquous

When I started writing The Key of Ornoss it became clear early on that much of the story was set in this amazing other world, Sanquous, the eternal plain. As the tale unfolded and Cal began her journey across this strange and wonderful land, I could picture the scenes and landscapes that she encountered. PickingContinue reading “Mapping Sanquous”

Stories matter

It’s easy to dismiss stories, to think them unimportant, something for casual entertainment or idle amusement but it’s worth remembering, it wasn’t always so. Every time we stretched ourselves across the globe, explored new continents and visited far off lands we came across peoples, vastly different in culture and heritage to ourselves. In learning aboutContinue reading “Stories matter”