Those who have followed my blog for a while will know I don’t write New Year’s Resolutions. I do set goals from time-to-time, but the pressure we place on those resolutions can be stifling at best and paralysing at worst, and I refuse to start off a sparkly new year by tainting it with pressure. … Continue reading
Approaching the end of a year-long sabbatical Continue reading
I published my first novel nearly a year ago and I’m about to publish my third. Something I’m often asked—and something I need to define as an author—is what genre I write in. The long answer is ‘Contemporary Women’s Fiction’, but as this broad category also includes authors like Liane Moriarty and Jodi Picoult, whose … Continue reading
Originally posted on K.M. Allan:
There’s a lot of elements that go into writing a book, and each one has their own set of must-haves. Take character descriptions, for example. Obviously, the easiest way to create a picture in someone’s mind is to list the physical characteristics. Often it’ll be something like; “She was…
Being on sabbatical means being able to work anywhere… Continue reading
Long-term travel and ordinary days… Continue reading
Sometimes – only sometimes – I am a tourist not a traveller Continue reading
My guest blog post about Ireland for Highlands2Hammocks Continue reading
How studying and teaching Drama informed my writing. Continue reading
Here are some reflections and lessons learned from the mid-point of our sabbatical. Continue reading
