Lately, my writing life has stopped behaving like tidy shelves labelled “fiction” and “non‑fiction”. Instead, everything seems to be talking to each other — ideas crossing over, themes echoing, one project nudging another awake. And honestly, I’m enjoying the chaos.

a good review is worth its weight in gold. Not because it feeds an ego or ticks a box, but because it represents something far more meaningful—a reader who connected with the story I poured my heart into.

The last two weeks have been a lesson I didn’t expect to learn this year, how to stop. I went into surgery knowing recovery would take time, but I underestimated just how much my body—and especially my head—would insist on complete stillness.

This work has brought me the love of my life. It brought me my retreat in Crete. It brought me health and fitness, including two surgeries — knee and nasal — that sat on last year’s manifestation list like quiet, brave intentions. It brought me deeper connections, inside and out. And at the start of 2025, it brought me a call I couldn’t ignore: return to writing.

So yes, the fervour around KU and AI is real. But my response is simple: I will keep writing from the raw, unfiltered truth of my own experience. Because that is the one thing AI can never replicate.

Thai Die is a strong start to my series, and visibility matters. Getting it into the hands of readers is the ultimate goal.

When I first became a writer, I thought I was a content creator. And I was—original content, the written word, the story itself. The book was the content. Simple. Pure. Mine. But no one tells you that once you publish, the content creation doesn’t end there. In fact, it multiplies.

There’s something magical about the first draft. It’s not polished, not perfect—but it’s alive.

Travel doesn't just inspire me. It immerses me in the sensory details that makes my fiction feel alive.

Finishing the writing phase of Lethal Leith Hill

Setting a word count to write to was uplifting instead of stifling my creativity

Secret case file on the case before Thai Die, delivered to your in box on signup

Marketing Scams to avoid as an indie author

Managing a corporate team or a police investigation its all the same when it comes to dealing with different characters.

Crossing the boundary between Crime Fiction and the Non fiction that inspires my writing.

Do you need a plotline, timeline or outline for your writing?

Building believable and authentic characters who evolve over time.

Location as inspiration to be creative and write.

Does the setting of a novel matter? Looked at through the authors eyes I suppose any location can be dark and mysterious, romantic,...

Mulling over the plot line of my next novel I casually wondered does it have to be a murder? Does somebody have to die? In every good...