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Ruby and the Ghost Dog

I have finally finished my children’s novel Ruby and the Ghost Dog. It tells the story of a young girl, Ruby, who moves to Tuscany with her mother and is…

Drama Llama Press

My good friend Kathryn Bax and I have just launched Drama Llama Press, an indie publisher. We aim to produce high quality affordable books that inspire, entertain and inform. How…

Write Direction

HE WROTE THANK YOU AHHHHHH I LOVE HIM pic.twitter.com/GuV9UhwMKN — PLEASE HARRY ❤ (@blissfxlstyles) September 3, 2015 Now here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write. Harry Styles, the long-maned…

Turning Tedium into Triumph

We all know the kind of thing. Mind-draining, soul-sapping  routine jobs at work or at home. Your eyes start to glaze over at the very idea of writing 1500 wizardly words…

The Writer Automaton

Looking for some inspirational writing films on Google videos the other day I came across this short film. It features a writing automaton called The Writer  created in the 1770s…

Anne Rice on Writing

When I need motivation or inspiration, I love listening to well-known writers talking about their craft and passing on their words of wisdom.  In this short YouTube video, novelist Anne…

Confessions of a Bookaholic

Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Fiona and I’m a bookaholic. It started when I was a child and discovered the thrill of being transported to another place by a…

Spinning Yarns

    As well as being a writer I am also a spinner, courtesy of the fibre obtained from my lovely herd of alpacas. I am aware of the many…

A Simple Powerful Productivity Tool

I have recently found myself with a ton of stuff to do – all kinds of writing work for clients, day-to-day chores, work on my other websites – you know…

The Art of Workbathing

I watched a wonderfully relaxing two-hour video the other day from faircompanies.com . Made by the inspiring Kirsten Dirksen (of Tiny House fame) and husband Nicolás Boullosa, it is an…

A Library With No Books?

I have always loved libraries, in fact, I have always had a weakness for anywhere that you can find books – antiquarian bookshops, charity paperback shelves, the lovely Deanery secondhand…

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