New Books to Recommend in 2015

How do you find new authors to read? Often, the best way is by word of mouth (which is why I encourage tweeting and commenting on this blog!) But since I may not talk to you person to person, I’ve compiled a shortened list of some of my favorite reads from 2014,...

How to describe wishlist places around the UK

If the last post piqued any interest, and you’re ready to jump onto the next plane to the UK to explore its territories, de be prepared for the language barrier. I know, it’s England! Where they speak English! But as far as place-names go, you’ll...

Wishlist Places around the UK

I thought today would be a good day for a roundup of interesting places I’ve come across in my wanderings online, that I’d like to visit in my meanderings on-land! Mother’s Shipton’s Cave & Petrifying Well This is a tourist site, yes, but...

Editing: Take Two

I just published my second novel. Ta-da! In many ways, it was more of a learning process than publishing the first one. Here, two of my biggest editing lessons: 1) Do Not Let Expectations Run the Show! This was a lesson I seem to learn over and over again, this time...