If you’ve read the acknowledgements at the end of The Gathering (and you may not have – I don’t usually!) you might have noticed one sentence: The Wilde Grove series is written as part of an oath to the Lady Elen of the Ways. There’s a story to...
We all probably know that feeling when we’ve been out in a crowd, or too long around nervy and frantic people – we tend to get the jitters too, and feel tired and drained. We’ve probably all learnt ways to combat this, ways of grounding ourselves and...
Because of the way I write – I am not a planner and nor do I write outlines (I’ve found if I write an outline that one of two things happen: I lose enthusiasm for the story for I’ve already told it, or I simply don’t keep to the outline...
When I thought about what I wanted to come here and write to you all about, I thought about what time of the year it is, and how so many of us – myself included, take some time round about now to review the past year, and look forward to what we want to achieve...
The house was ideal – sure it needed a good clean – but it was in good shape, with the right number of bedrooms for the three of us, and the back yard was perfect for the dogs. It was even the right price, and just a week after going to see it, Valerie and I were...
Dreams are conversations we can have with our souls. But like any conversation, it’s far more valuable, not to mention fun, when it is an actual conversation, rather than a monologue. It’s far too easy to tune out when there’s only one speaking.So, how does that...