Writing Retreat Reflections

Writing Retreat Reflections

Hi everyone, I thought I’d talk about my first virtual writing retreat experience! The amazing writer Lelita Baldock organised a ‘Winter Writing Retreat’ this past weekend – you may well have seen her posts about it on social media. I’ve attended a few retreat days before, but this was my first time being able to dedicate a whole weekend to writing – or so I hoped anyway! A few unexpected commitments meant I couldn’t make every session live or have as

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No Life Here – Short Story Turtlewriters Prompt 61

No Life Here – Short Story Turtlewriters Prompt 61

This short story was originally published this blog post in September 2018. It was in response to the #TurtleWriters image prompt below, but it didn’t transfer to my new site. I thought I would edit it and re-post it. Thanks again to @RosettaYorke and @HillBillyHorror for the prompt! Warning that this short story is a horror. There’s nothing gory about it but it might not make for the ‘nicest’ reading! I stared at the ruins of the church, eerily stood in

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Lottie’s Locket Announcement

Lottie’s Locket Announcement

Hello all! It’s finally time for my Lottie’s Locket announcement! I’ve been looking forward to giving you a publication date for Lottie’s Locket, as well as showing you the final front cover design. Here it is! *Drum roll please…* Lottie’s Locket has the provisional publication date for the 26th November. Only 2 1/2 weeks’ time! Here is the gorgeous front cover that my wonderful publishers designed. I couldn’t be more delighted with the job the design team at Olympia did. 🙂

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Short Story prompt- Just Visiting

Short Story prompt- Just Visiting

Hi, this is a short story in response to the picture prompt below, entitled on the prompt site as ‘Just Visiting’. Picture taken from here. All other images from Pixabay. The woman stands at the window, wearing the coral blouse and cardigan that always reminds her of her mother. A small smile graces her features. Could he finally be here, after all these years? After she had almost given up hope that he would come? It is typical that he would

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Lottie’s Locket

Lottie’s Locket

This week I thought I’d give you a bit more detail about my novel Lottie’s Locket, especially since on Monday 20th I signed a contract with Olympia for them to publish it – rather exciting! Lottie’s Locket is a fantasy/murder mystery for a Middle Grade (MG) audience. MG, broadly speaking, is in between children’s fiction and Young Adult fiction (12-17). I think it will be on the upper end of MG, so my ideal audience would be 10-12 year olds. Here’s

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Sunshine and Storms – A short story

Sunshine and Storms – A short story

This is a story I scribbled down yesterday afternoon (Sun 22nd September 2019) after my eye caught how the raindrops sparkled on my patio window doors. I’m usually a plotter, but this story just seemed to emerge and develop all on its own. It was fun to try writing in present tense for a change too! I didn’t have an idea yet for a blog post for today, so thought I would share this with you so you can get a

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