I have three pieces of news that can’t wait to share with you! First up, it’s launch day for MIDLIFE PORTALS, Druid Heir Book 5 🥳🥂. I’m so excited about this one. I think it might be the best yet. It features: 💜 A magic-wielding woman over 40 💜 Action adventure 💜 Friends like family 💜 Gods and goddesses 💜 Stonehenge 💜 A second… Read More Release Day: Midlife Portals, Druid Heir Book 5
A while back, Samuel Peralta, an author I have long admired from afar, and whose posts here on the book of faces often make me stop and think, dreamed up a wonderful contemporary arts and culture project called The Lunar Codex. The project involves sending books, art and film in digital and analog form to… Read More Moon Landing
Today’s the release day for MIDLIFE DRIFT (Druid Heir Book 4) 💖🥳🥂 MIDLIFE DRIFT features: 💜 A magic-wielding woman in her midlife 💜 Action adventure 💜A family rift 💜A magical octopus 💜A tattoo artist 💜 The dark side of London 💜A slow-burn second chance at love sub-plot The e-book is exclusive to Amazon and is… Read More Release Day: Midlife Drift, Druid Heir Book 4
Earlier this week, on a whim, I started a Facebook reader group called Nasser’s Book Nymphs. It was daunting to take the leap, but I like the idea of talking about my thoughts and work behind closed doors. I’d love you to come and join us in there. I’ve been making lots of fun games and it’s… Read More My Facebook Reader Group: Nasser’s Book Nymphs
I have the cover for Druid Heir book 4, Midlife Drift, to share with you today. It’s by Maria Spada. This one means a lot <3. Maria worked so hard to get this done after her island was devastated by a typhoon. She was so resilient and I am so grateful to her. I hope… Read More Cover Reveal: Midlife Drift (Druid Heir Book 4)
Does the globe tilt on its axis when mothers weep? Is that the sound of artillery I hear or hearts breaking? How does the world go on when a man flips the switch of his humanity and his own generals dare not speak truth to power? We look for snippets of news Moved by the… Read More Defiance Blossoms
I’m rounding off the year with the release of MIDLIFE NEWS (Druid Heir Book 3) 💖🥳🥂 MIDLIFE NEWS features: 💜 A powerful woman in her midlife 💜 Action adventure 💜A pack of wolves 💜A treachery of ravens 💜 Gods and goddesses 💜The dark side of London 💜A slow-burn romance sub-plot The e-book is exclusive to… Read More Release Day: Midlife News, Druid Heir Book 3
Let’s have a big hooray and a shimmy for Georgina Stancer, who is In the Armchair today! She’s a fellow English author and writes Paranormal Romance. I’m hoping her answers are as raunchy as her book covers <3. Georgina and I run a Paranormal reader group called Divining Tales together on Facebook, along with other… Read More In the Armchair: Georgina Stancer
Families are busy making Christmas preparations as colder, darker days draw in here in London. There are wreaths going up on front doors, houses dressed in twinkling lights, pantomime tickets being booked, Christmas trees lugged in and decorated, and the constant ring of the doorbell as gifts arrive for loved ones. If this sounds familiar,… Read More Is there a perfect Christmas or do you grin and bear it?
It’s here! This came around so quickly. Today’s the release day for MIDLIFE TREMORS (Druid Heir Book 2) 💖🥳🥂 MIDLIFE TREMORS features: 💜 A woman finally understanding her own power 💜 Found family 💜 Action adventure 💜 A Celestial Library 💜 Magical trials 💜 A dragon 💜 A slow-burn romance sub-plot The e-book is… Read More Release Day: Midlife Tremors, Druid Heir Book 2
Please give a warm welcome to T.J. Deschamps, who will be sitting In the Armchair today. She’s fun, fierce and a fellow author of Paranormal Women’s Fiction. She also writes Fairytale Retellings and SciFi. Tammy and I met recently through the 20 Books author forum on Facebook, and now run a Paranormal reader group called… Read More In the Armchair: T.J. Deschamps
I’ve been so busy squirrelling away on my current manuscript that I forgot to do a cover reveal for Midlife Tremors, book 2 of Druid Heir which is releasing in little over a week! The covers of Druid Heir are by Maria Spada and I am in love with her work. I hope you like… Read More Cover Reveal: Midlife Tremors (Druid Heir Book 2) plus New Reader Group
I’m delighted to welcome Mary Rowen to sit in the armchair today. Mary and I met during the early days of Twitter, and a few years later came to write literary fiction/women’s fiction for Evolved Publishing. She is kind, generous and talented, and her stories are brave and hopeful, with exquisite characterisation. After the interview,… Read More In the Armchair: Mary Rowen
It’s finally here! Today’s the release day for MIDLIFE DAWN (Druid Heir Book 1) 💖🥳🥂 Thanks to all who have bought it already and have reviewed it! 🤓📘😘 The e-book is exclusive to Amazon and is also available in Kindle Unlimited. The paperback is available wide, and for UK book lovers, my favourite retailer is Hive,… Read More Release Day: Midlife Dawn, Druid Heir Book 1
I’m so excited to reveal the cover of Midlife Dawn, the first novel in my Druid Heir series! This beauty was designed for me by the wonderful Maria Spada. It’s going to be published on 31 October, so not long to go! Blurb Shivers of excitement shot up my spine. It was time… Read More Cover Reveal, MIDLIFE DAWN (DRUID HEIR BOOK 1)
I’m so excited to share my secret project with you. During the pandemic I decided to write something lighter. Fantasy is a natural fit. I wanted to write something where the heroine is saving the world, not just surviving it. That’s when I discovered Paranormal Women’s Fiction. It’s a cross of urban fantasy, mystery… Read More Secret Project Reveal: Druid Heir Series
I have a wonderful guest to introduce to you for In the Armchair. L. Spooner just completed work on the audiobook for my second literary fiction novel, Hidden Colours. It’s a circus novel set in Berlin, with a wide cast of diverse characters and when I read about L. Spooner’s acting background and heard their… Read More In the Armchair: Audiobook Narrator L. Spooner
I’m thrilled to tell you that the audiobook of my literary fiction novel Hidden Colours, narrated by L. Spooner, has been released on Audible. This version has been a long time coming and it means a lot to me for the novel to get a second life this way. This story has my heart. It’s your chance to… Read More Release Day: Hidden Colours Audio Book
Our littlest has always been an early riser. Of our three children, he took the longest to sleep through the night. Even now, after a day at nursery, he needs body contact. He’ll run to our legs, cling on and laugh when we try and shake him off, squeeze us fiercely. Most mornings he leaps into… Read More Finding his Wings
Happy International Women’s Day to you and to all the wonderful women in our lives: the ones who we learn from, dance with, who stand by us every day, whom we admire from afar and whose shoulders we cry on. This is a poem I wrote for IWD21. Word of warning about the profanity in it…… Read More Sticks and Stones: A New Poem for International Women’s Day 2021