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Ink, Imagination & Inspiration
Halfway through the month and August has already been both busy and inspiring. I attended a Readers event at Enamoured Books and met the fabulous T L Swan (Fan-girling here 😍). She is a terrific writer (think spicy billionaire books) and such a lovely warm person. I then got the chance to hear her speak…
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Life between the lines
It’s been a busy year with my paid work and other writing projects taking precedent after some competition success! Needless to say while I may not have made as much progress on my current romance novel in the first half of the year as I would have liked. I did make great leaps and bounds…
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Goals, Goals, Goals!
It may seem a wee bit late to be stating goals for 2026 but here in NZ where I’m from, it’s the summer holidays so everything moves a bit slower at this time of year. It’s sweltering hot, (so plenty of sun and thunderstorms), the kids are on holidays and I’m only due to return…
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WIP November 2025
It’s been a busy couple of months trying to get this draft finished and tidied up, but the SEND button has been hit. Book 1 in The Stonewood Pack Series has gone for a Developmental Edit 😁 Want to know what the story is about? Who the main characters are? Where the series is set?…
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Pantser, Plotter, or Plantser? Which one are you?
Normally, I would consider myself a Plantser – a rough outline for each chapter of what I want to happen and knowing how the story is supposed to end before I start writing. With this new series, I’ve definitely fallen into the Plotter category. Not only the story and chapter outline, but each chapter is…