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 year in review. A look back on all the things I actually did achieve in 2020…
Covid Ate My Homework – a reflection on the year 2020. It’s been a year. If we say nothing else of 2020, we can at least say that: it’s been a year. The year of Covid has been
I know I say it in the post itself, but this honestly was one of the most rewarding and terrifying moments of my life! The librarian at Kingsway High School reached out to me after having read my debut novel ‘The Ridge‘, letting me know if I were ever back in Amanzimtoti, she’d love to…
For anyone who caught my post towards the end of July, either here on on facebook, you may already know that I found June a bit of a struggle. I’m generally quite a positive person, who tends not to worry about things unless they’re actually happening — mostly because I feel it’s a waste of…
Grab the second instalment to the Amanzimtoti Series, FREE, for the next few days only! June has been a bit of a rollercoaster of a month for me so far, and with enough ups and downs I honestly don’t know what day of the week it is anymore. So much so, I’d actually forgotten I was…
If I’ve done nothing else this month, at least I can say I’ve done a ton of reading! I intended to read The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton this month, but after finishing a Matthew Reilly novel in April, I had a hankering to re-read my boy Reilly instead. Reading This month I read:…
Dusting this old thing off to once again bring you The Rough Draft, whereby I keep you updated on where I am in regards to my reading, writing, and other authorly goals. Unless, by some miracle, I actually start doing more ‘authorly’ things over the course of the month, I’ll be posting this review on the…
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…
Last year I decided to use the month of May to make some serious headway in regards to the writing of my second novel. I had twenty-five completely uninterrupted days in Cairns, Australia, and knew I needed to make a start on the book before I commenced a roadtrip that would see me touring the…