Creating Sparks and Sentences - and Happily Ever Afters

As if I needed more reason to love trees.   I mean, we all know trees technically grow books, and from books grow connections, bringing  readers together. Sure, there are e-readers and audio books, but I’d be surprised if there was anyone out there who’d never read a paper and print book they didn’t love. Surely? Even a text book; research papers; medical journals, if not a bona fide paperback. More than that; there are our book besties, book boyfriends, reading retreats - I mean, I could go on but you get the idea. You can’t have books without trees, and without books, we wouldn’t have any of the aforementioned. And that’s why I headed today’s article ‘ Trees, Books and Branching Out ’ because I just could not imagine a world without books. And trees. And the reading joy they create. Recently, I had a four-day round trip to nowhere. Ha! Sounds odd, I know, but I was delayed by something unexpected. I immediately sought refuge amongst the trees, and they did not disappoint. He...

When Opportunity Knocks Welcome the opportunity! This has been the underlying message throughout the publishing process (hint: and the story itself) of my upcoming novella, Marriage & Mayhem . As scary as it is to take opportunities you wouldn't normally take, the rewards are almost always worth it. The book is currently with early readers and I wasn't going to take that stressful path. But, on advice from those more experienced than me, I did, and I am thrilled with the outstanding outcome making the story shine 🤩 Writing novellas this year has been the best fun!  And now, it's time for the big reveal! As promised, I have the cover reveal of Marriage & Mayhem for you, my valued blog subscribers first , before social media! Massive thanks to Amber Grosjean for her commitment to giving readers the best 'first glance' of my book. I love it! Ebook cover by  @ambergrosjeanwrites Paperback cover with blurb. Never before seen by anyone! Cover designer:  @ambergr...

Exciting Times HAPPY WINTER in the southern hemisphere and HAPPY SUMMER in the northern hemisphere. It's been a busy month of May and I have lots of fun news to share with you . Pets, Books and Adventure I'll start with the surprise I promised to reveal in last month's blog post. (ICYMI: May’s Blog Post ) You might know that I write children's books under a pseudonym, but what you might not know, is that I have a part-true / part-fiction story on preorder right now.  The story centre's around my furniece, Captain Binky, a real cat who went from street cat, to sailor cat, to landlubber. Her latest release tells of the adventures and scary experiences she encountered on her flight home to find a new house. By a lucky twist of fate, I got to see her in her own home soon after they moved in, and that's when Binky's second story idea struck. Included in her book, are photographs of Binky warmly ensconced in her favourite cosy spots. Binky and Jude stayed at a cat...