Author of dark things – thrilling novels and haunting stories
Perhaps the best and most famous book to be written on Svalbard. Christiane Ritter was an Austrian painter and writer, who famously overwintered on Gråhuken on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, at 79 degrees North with her husband and a Norwegian trapper named Karl. She documented her stay there, and that's what this book is - a year's... Continue Reading →
I... what? Wasn't it just December? I feel like this happens every year. There's a build up towards the end, toward Christmas, the end of the year, all the celebrations and BOOM!—suddenly it's April. Okay, so it's not that bad, or at least it wasn't this time it is only February after all. But still,... Continue Reading →
This week, I've written a guest blog post over on The Reading Palette. Amisha Goel, who runs the beautiful site, challenged me to write something about a book or a piece of literature that was special to me. I sat down and thought about it - not for very long, mind you - because luckily,... Continue Reading →
I'm a curator now!
What A Fantastic Year - 2024 In Review
I signed contracts for two new books - both of which are coming in 2025!
I sold two books within three days of each other - and had the best week ever!
I'm sure you already got your tickets, but just in case you haven't - the annual WriteHive Conference is this weekend, from June 7- 9! Tickets are free (though you are more than welcome to leave a donation), and they can be found right here! The conference includes: Talks Workshops Panels Live pitches Author readings... Continue Reading →
I'm spending 2024 doing some tidying up. Essentially, I'm going through all my old projects, my forgotten manuscripts, things I wrote ages ago and put away in a cloud folder somewhere, and I'm doing some spring cleaning. I made a plan at the start of the year, which you can read about here, and I've... Continue Reading →
In an attempt to go through a ton of my old writing, in what I'm calling my Year Of A Thousand Projects, I'm trying very hard to not write anything new. Sure, there's an odd short story here and there, when I feel the itch in my typing fingers become too much after seeing a... Continue Reading →