It's when you're at your highest that you have the farthest to fall. I'm not good at recognizing wins or celebrating my victories—a fact I've been trying to make myself more aware of over the years, so I can rectify it. In fact, I've written about it here on my blog several times. Losses seem... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Dark Cure by Cameron K. Moore
Dark Cure is the jungle born love child of The Thing and Alien. Except the horrible creature that's hunting you is human. Set in a top secret research facility, I though Dark Cure was going to be a familiar story about people who wander off into a dangerous forest in search of some legendary font... Continue Reading →
Get My New Book Early!
This year is exciting for me for many reasons - but one of the most exciting ones is that my psychological horror At The Gate is being published! And you can get your hands on a copy early! My publisher is looking for people who are interested in receiving Advanced Review Copies. Just head to... Continue Reading →
End Of The Year – 2021 in Review
I went into this year strong - and I came out even stronger!
Readers Wanted for ‘At The Gate’ – Get My Horror Novella Early
My psychological horror novella is being published next year, and I'm still over the moon with excitement about this. I can barely believe it's real. But it is - and we're getting to the point where we're looking for readers who are interested in receiving Advanced Review Copies. This is your chance to get your... Continue Reading →
Comparison Is The Thief of Joy
Why do I always compare myself to others, and how do I find a way to stop? It's the end of November and NaNoWriMo is over. People are tallying up their words to see if they've hit the magical 50,000 word count, and if they've "won" or not. I didn't win. I had no aspirations... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The fact that I love thrillers, am Scandinavian, and have never actually read this book before now is kind of embarrassing. At the same time, I feel like I’ve read it many times before. I’ve read “of” it, heard about it and I’ve seen at least two of the movies (one Swedish and one American,... Continue Reading →
Why You Should Do NaNoWriMo – Especially If You Don’t Want To
Let’s talk about NaNoWriMo – or National Novel Writing Month as it’s called – the annual project everyone goes crazy about in November as they try to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. This will be my fourth year “competing”, but my first since I started doing it where I'm not actually prepared... Continue Reading →
Guest Blog – Gillian Barnes Writes With Others, 2021
Gillian Barnes first launched her #GBWritesWithOthers initiative in 2019, when she invited a lot of great writers and creatives to write articles and blog post, to share ideas, inspiration and motivation. This year, I wrote a piece about how writing is a marathon, not a sprint - comparing it to my own preparations for my... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Cynetic Wolf by Matt Ward
Cynetic Wolf is an excellent political thriller and YA sci-fi adventure!