Creating Sparks and Sentences - and Happily Ever Afters

The reveal you’ve all been waiting for 🙌🏻🙌🏻 My cover designers and I have been working tirelessly on the perfect look for Friendship & Fun (and romance undone) , and I believe we’ve cracked it! What do you think? Let me know in a comment and I’ll pass your feedback on to my cover designers. My favourite aspect of the cover? The woman’s hand placement on the male’s cheek. Why? Because strong woman know what they want! This is the third and final novella in A Midlife Romcom series and is set to release late-2026, BUT, preorders will soon be available 🥳🥳 Friendship & Fun brings the whole finale to a close with the folks from fictional Pelican Cove village declaring their love, friendship and commitment to each other with their active community-strong, social shenanigans! The first two books in the series, Love & Laughter , and Marriage & Mayhem , form the perfect backdrop for later-in-life romance, forging friendships and finding one's place in society. With a ...

I'll show you how they fit together hand in glove:  I have a few tricks up my sleeve when it comes to keeping a story flow alive while travelling away on holiday. My current work-in-progress has me inspired to keep writing every day, trouble is, we had an extensive holiday planned long in advance.   Not a sit and stay type holiday, but a hop and a skip to new places every day kind of holiday . Still, I managed to fit in a writing sprint every single day, and enjoy our holiday adventures to the full! How? Come with me: I used Pockets of Productivity (PoPs) in 10 minute writing sprints on my laptop: • My PoPs included at a cafe sipping an extra shot small skinny latte while waiting for vehicle feedback. • In the evening instead of watching television (hubs preoccupied with rugby). • In the campsite while admiring the view when my husband read his book (I had time to read too). • Early morning with birds twittering in the background before breakfast. • Basically any time you can ...

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...