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2025: The Year of Optimism. Let's Dream!

Firstly, welcome to all the new subscribers who’ve joined us over the past couple of weeks while I’ve been relaxing and recharging in my beach house on…

Jan 10 •

Read the First Chapter of The Mademoiselle Alliance!

Happiest of Happy New Years to all of you!

Jan 6 •

Who Wants to Know the Working Title of My 2026 Book?!

Dec 12, 2024 •

Would You Like to Win an Early Copy of THE MADEMOISELLE ALLIANCE?

Then keep reading!

Nov 20, 2024 •

I Wrote a Book About a Woman Who Fought ...

For the past two years, I’ve been writing The Mademoiselle Alliance, a book about a woman named Marie-Madeleine Fourcarde who fought against a…

Nov 13, 2024 •

Cover Reveal Time! It's a Stunner!

I have not one, but two beautiful covers to show you: the Australian cover and the UK cover for The Mademoiselle Alliance.

Oct 16, 2024 •

Capitalisation, Commas and Character Eye Colours

I’ve just finished the copyedit for THE MADEMOISELLE ALLIANCE—woo hoo!

Oct 3, 2024 •

If I Could Write With a Blindfold On ...

Being able to observe the way that we as humans either accomodate or rebel against, sink into or become irritated by a creative process taught me a lot…

Sep 26, 2024 •

Drumroll ... I Have a Beautiful Cover to Reveal!!!

Here's the stunning cover for THE MADEMOISELLE ALLIANCE!

Jul 23, 2024 •

Writers Don’t Sing, But Their Stories Do

Voice: singers depend on it, speechmakers too.

Jul 8, 2024 •

Writers Should Probably Be Called Rewriters

Rewriting is what we spend most of our time doing. And it's one of my favourite parts of the writing process.

Jun 27, 2024 •

June's Author Digest: A New First Draft Finished!

The past month has flown by! Between COVID, a solo writing retreat, finishing a new manuscript (hurray—and more on that further down!) one of my…

Jun 18, 2024 •

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