* Notebook to Novel *

As some of you will know, I'm a regular book reviewer on The Kerry McLean Show on BBC Radio Ulster. Today I reviewed Some Kind of Fairy...

 I've always been a bit messy. I don't like clutter but I seem to attract it, mainly because it's too boring to deal with ...

Source Those were the words I heard a lot when I was writing the second book. It's a line oft-repeated by agents, editors and author...

From L-R: Emily, Jet, Naomi, Jan, Georgia, Sarah O, Me, Cait, Sarah B, Livs and Front L-R: Amy and Meg I've been feeling guilty rec...

Right, my first ever blog hop! I had no idea such a thing existed until I was tagged by the lovely Bernie McGill who I’ve mentioned be...

Keep doing it. Don't stop. Your time will come!

I've only been a mum for three months but let me share what I've learned in that short time... - However they come out, be it th...

I've written before about the fabulous PWA - our online (and occasional in-the-flesh) writing group. And while my NaNoWriMo efforts ...

Exciting times in the McCune / Murph household - the uncorrected proofs of Death & Co.  have arrived! The picture at the minute is the...

A very quick post this evening as the witching hour is approaching on this spookiest of evenings...! So our daughter Ellen is just over ...

Well world, I'd like you to meet someone. This is our brand, shiny new daughter Ellen Jane, born on Tuesday 25th September at 1.01pm. ...

Source All writers are jugglers . I suspect most scribblers harbour a fantasy about being a 'real writer' . The fantasy probably...

Source Having worked pretty hard for the last few months on all sorts of things I'm enjoying a rare bit of down time at the minute -...

Source "Ah-ha, ah-ha, but what is a PWA?" I hear you ask (channelling Dr Seuss). Allow me to explain... The PWA is short for...

... when I saw this video. Because there is nothing worse than a bunch of luvvie types who take themselves too seriously :-D And know th...

Source Just a quick hello after a madly busy few months. I'm very conscious of not updating the blog but hopefully you'll forgiv...

Source You may have noticed the blog has been very, very quiet. That's because I had some very exciting but top secret news. I am ov...

#6 - It's editing time. Get acquainted with your Inner Critic - and make sure she's a real b*tch! So you've finished the book!...

  Source  Ever noticed how the more you have to do, the easier it is to get distracted? This is especially true for writers, who s...

As you've read previously I have been afflicted on occasion with computeritus, the bane of all writers at one time another. By computeri...

Buy this here  Another year has come and gone - and it's that time when you take stock of what you've done in the last 12 months...

 Buy this here  ...or is this top really cool? It's from the brilliant Deviant Art website , where artists from all over the world ...

 Source  Work on the new book is coming along nicely and the end is definitely within sight! But as I reach the final chapters I'm...

 Picture source  Ok, you'll be pleased to see that I'm still alive. I'm conscious that the blog had vanished off the face...

You may have noticed the blog has been somewhat quiet recently... That's because the Murph and I were away for a couple of weeks on a fa...

Just finished this book and it was a great read if you enjoy post-apocalyptic YA fiction. Katniss lives in District 12 in a post-apocalypt...

Still on holidays here - and what better time to discover Jericho . This series got past me completely when it was on TV but I've loved ...

One of the pleasures of my job is having long summer holidays. This not only allows me time to write but just as importantly gives me a chan...

"A couple of years ago, I became fascinated by my own liver." No, this is not the start of some bizarre, French novel. Let me expl...

This is a shameless example of me being my own cheerleader (I could have posted a cheerleader pic but it might have attracted the wrong sort...

The world likes to crudely label people as dog lovers *or* cat lovers. However I happen to love both. I already have two cats with seven leg...