Random Acts of Unkindness now available on audiobook
Posted on… as with other readers here have found I was up into the early hours to finish it in one sitting and it was well worth it.
Perfect Ten on the shelves…
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The mass market paperback of Perfect Ten was released this week and WH Smiths, Asda and Sainsbury’s have agreed to stock it.
It’s never too late to write…
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Never, ever let anyone tell you that you are too old to start a writing career. You have something to say. Say it.
Perfect Ten Paperback Giveaway
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I am very pleased to tell you that the mass market paperback of Perfect Ten is released in 4th April 2019. This is a very exciting time for me as it is the first time I will have had a paperback in the shops and supermarkets. To celebrate this I am giving away five signed […]
Finishing a first draft – what now?
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inishing the first draft of a novel is a great feeling. You have worked on the story, lived with the characters and in their world for a significant amount of time – but what’s next?
So what IS feminist about Perfect Ten?
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My novel Perfect Ten is number nine in the Feminist Critique category again. It was previously a bestseller in that category along with Naiomi Alderman’s The Power and Mary Beard’s Women and Power. So what makes my psychological thriller about revenge feminist? I am always interested in what people who read Perfect Ten have to […]
#100daysofwriting 2019 Day 20
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The Air Inbetween. Sometimes it’s what you don’t write that counts.
#100daysofwriting 2019 Day 19
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Patience. It was all going so well. Too well. My writing tackles difficult subjects while still trying to keep the shape of the embedded stories that resonate with readers. In my current WIP I’m looking at issues around grief and stress and what they can do. But the story is uplifting as well as a quest narrative. It’s complicated. Because of this I know […]
#100daysofwriting 2019 Day 18
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Writing with friends. Today was the first Oldha Writing Group of the year Oldham Library. We sat down with coffee and each other and talk about our work. This is such a valuable process, where we get to air the inevitable self-doubt that working in isolation brings. We also share and receive tips and experiences. Last night we looked at opening […]
#100daysofwriting 2019 Day 16
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Things aren’t always what they seem. One question I get asked all the time is: is your main character based on you? Is it you?’ This picture is one of my favourite views. It’s of Hartshead Pike, a landmark that my mother always lived in sight of. I took this picture on Christmas Day 2017. The sky was blue and […]