I have a daughter, I adore her. A couple of years ago I took her to a birthday party. The parent was playing a Jessie J CD as the children roller-skated. I can still remember the wave of disquiet spreading across a bunch of mums as Jessie J swore in a song and it boomed […]

I’m a little bit obsessed with all things French, novel seven will be set in Paris (novel six will be set in Liverpool). I lived in France when I was eighteen, had an adventure, lost and found myself on the way. One day I’d like to be published in French, it’s on my publishing-wish-list (along […]

So, publication day happened and it was, without a doubt, my most favourite publication day to date. A train to London, a tube to Hammersmith and there I occupied my publisher’s desk (as seen on the photo). A Twitter take over, signing a huge pile of books, being interviewed by Bookcunt and then a phone […]

It’s Publication Week! I might have to pinch myself that it’s here already, I might be a bit tearful as I realise that I’m a published author again. And today marks the start of a busy week. I’ve got the Liverpool launch on Tuesday evening, then I’ll travel down to London on Thursday morning. I’ll […]

I know that some people like to be personally invited to parties, I never assume that I’m invited to anything, BUT you ARE invited and I’d LOVE to see your friendly face and to celebrate the publication of ‘The Drowning of Arthur Braxton’ with YOU. If you could RSVP by email (details on invite) or […]

Deliciously naughty, funny and all kinds of wonderful, The Rocky Horror Show is in Liverpool! Like The Rocky Horror Show, I’m 40 this year which (in my head) makes us connected. Perhaps that’s why I’m such a fan? Or perhaps it’s the fact that I can remember going to my first ever performance, aged 16, […]

Last week, lovely Keris posted on Facebook about a bottle of perfume she’d received as a subscription gift and was gifting to anyone who wanted it. Keris explained, about the scent, ‘It’s just not me’. I liked that, the idea that she wouldn’t wear a scent because it didn’t ‘fit’ with who she was. The […]

Those who know me will also know of my love of Christmas. I’m the person who checks how many ‘sleeps’ there are in August (there’s a phone app) and I’m the person who watches ‘Elf’ on the hottest day of the year. And as the dark nights arrive, I’m ridiculously excited about the prospect of […]

It seems to me that using social media, and especially Twitter, has increased in urgency recently. Many writers are using it to send out links to their own books and see it merely as a promotional tool. They RT praise given to them, RT links and links, and even more links to their reviews. They […]