

Why Your Book Needs a Single Big Idea
You start structuring a book by being very clear on what you are writing about. Sounds simple? You (sort of) know what you want to say...
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What are publishers looking for in 2023?
​ It has been a busy year in publishing – and its only July. The good news is that reading has not been hit by the two years of lock...
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Write, Publish, Profit
Where are you going with all this writing? What is the end game? Do you simply love writing with no real outcome required? Is it profit?...
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Write a movie-style logline for your book
What is your book about? The dreaded question. The answer is most likely 'a HELL of a lot - do you have two hours?' People don't, so...
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What is a ghostwriter and why may you need one?
What is a ghost writer and why may you need one? And when should you actually write your own book? I'm just going to unpack that a...
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Who’s causing trouble in your story?
What! You ask. Why trouble? Why would I need anyone to do this in a book? Have you ever heard that books are driven by conflict? This...
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Memoir writing - 5 characters you need in your cast
​Even though you may be the 'main character' in a memoir, this book is not just about you. Even non-fiction needs other characters. And...
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A decade of no writing... then this
​I had no name. No attachments. No family. No form. No purpose. I was a floating, formless, light being. Totally at peace in the vast,...
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Post Traumatic Bliss
​I was carrying all my otherworldly secrets with me. Sometimes at night I would just close my eyes and feel myself shooting through the...
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He's going to die tonight.
​I had been to see him the day before and sat next to him a while as his chest heaved and rattled. I whispered to him. Stroked his...
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Fighting my way out of a long coma.
The ICU at night is a terrifying nightmare world. Not even Dean Koontz or Steven King could imagine the nights of terror. It was cold and...
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Waking up from a long coma
I have watched movies about people waking from a coma. They opened their eyes and the fog cleared. It’s nothing like that. Waking up from...
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