The last time I posted to my blog was in the January of 2022, bemoaning the loss of what felt like the entirety of 2021. Though, to be perfectly honest, I hadn’t been the most prolific when it came to uploading content to my website in the year(s) prior to this either, and I don’t…
A Pandemic for Christmas
When we got home, J made a comment about how many of the games we now owned and I joked that we probably had enough to make a Christmas tree out of them…
2020 A-Z Reading Challenge
I used to be such a voracious reader, devouring hundreds of books a year every year for as long as I can remember. There was just something about the escapism I couldn’t resist; visiting new places, meeting new people, meeting people who were like me and were experiencing the same problems I was, meeting people…
The Rough Draft: April Round Up
Well I’m kind of glad April’s over and done with! This month saw the second novel in my Amanzimtoti series, Inyoni Rocks, launch which was equal parts nerve-wracking and that overwhelming feeling of relief all rolled into one. It’s almost funny how the pre-release caused me so much inner-drama, but as soon as it launched (and thankfully…
Inyoni Rocks Available Now!
As I’m sure you’re all aware by now, the second book in the Amanzimtoti series, Inyoni Rocks, launched on Tuesday April 11th, and is now live on Amazon! AAAAAAH WHO’S EXCITED!? Remember how I left you with that cliffhanger at the end of book one The Ridge? All those unanswered questions? The state of things between Wayne and Kyle?…
The Rough Draft: March Round Up
March! Oh my goodness. Such a productive month for me both in terms of reading and writing! Between bouts of editing for my second novel, I managed to read 35 books in March! ADFGHJ. Fair enough some of them were novellas or shorts, and other’s I DNF’d, but the vast majority were actual novels! After finishing…
The Rough Draft: February Round-Up
February has officially become the Month of the Hermit for me! Not a bad thing at all between the oft-unpredictable Scottish weather and the fact I had a novel to finish. It’s been a great month in spite of- or thanks to?- both of these things and I’m settling back into the family home with far…
The Rough Draft: January Round-Up
January has been a bit of a whirlwind month for me- most of it good, some of it… pending a trial-run as we head into February, and a wee bit of it rather saddening! Some of the whirlwind included, but was not limited to: finally publishing my novel in print format (nope, still not shutting up about…
Where does the time go…?
It feels like only yesterday I was letting you all know about my upcoming roadtrip around the Northern Territory of Australia and how I expected to be MIA until the end of June. It’s been around three months since I ended that roadtrip and I feel like I’ve only just lifted my head long enough…
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