Sunday snippet
We're getting close now. Another peek from Playing Hard (out Feb 2!)
Writing update (kind of)
Well, according to my blog schedule, it's the time of the month where I usually do a writing update. But there isn't much exciting news to report. Other than Playing Hard coming out in 10 days or so (you can pre-order etc over here), I am just working away on things....
Summer thoughts
It's hot and my brain is melted. Too melted for long and coherent blog thoughts so here's a few random things that have been entertaining me lately. 1. Galaxy Quest. Because Alan Rickman (Seriously, universe, what is with all these famous people deaths? Bowie then...
Sunday snippet
Only a few more weeks until Playing Hard hits the shelves on February 2. Here's another taste!
Geek love – Labyrinth
This week it seems a fitting topic to talk about a favourite movie starring the now sadly gone David Bowie (cancer sucks). I was a fantasy reading teen in the mid eighties (and a fantasy reading kid before then) and there really weren't a lot of non-animated fantasy...
Fave things – my blog
Once upon a time, on January 12 2006 a wee unpublished writer started a blog. And for the decade since she has been nattering away on her own little corner of the internet from time to time, talking about life, writing and whatever caught her fancy along the way. So...
Sunday snippet
A bit more from Playing Hard! (Out Feb 2!)
Planning for fun part 2 – art
I talked about some fun food goals on Tuesday. The other area where I've set some goals is for my art/craft things I do. 1. Do another watercolour class (which is kind of a cheat goal as I've just started one but I still have to finish it as it's self paced). 2. Do...
Planning for fun – food
Outside the usual categories of goals that I set at the start of each year, I try to set myself some fun goals to make sure I don't vanish permanently into the writing cave. So here are some food goals: 1. The cookbook plan - I love them but am determined to...
New year, new book, new blog schedule!
Time for the first Sunday snippet of the year. Happy 2016, everyone! May it be full of happiness, adventures, health, good books and the time to read them! But first, the blog plan for 2016. Last year, I wanted to try posting three times a week. Then I threw in the...







