25 May 2023

The Safety of the Realm. The first draft of a new Steampunk adventure.

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I’ve finished the first draft of my twenty-first novel and my fourth Steampunk adventure. This one is the sequel to my 2020 publication, The Sensaurum and the Lexis. Once again, Jackson and Jessamine, in their roles as two of The … Continued

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9 Feb 2023

I was never a writer, this is my story.

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This (slightly edited) post first appeared on the much-missed Sue Vincent’s website. I was trying to express how I ended up writing novels, a way of occupying my time that nobody (including me) would have ever believed that I could … Continued

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15 Dec 2022

Maybe you were right. Flash Fiction for Christmas

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Taken from my collection Flash Fiction 2, here’s a short story for the season. Maybe you were Right The crew had drawn straws and Martine had lost. I hadn’t bothered, I was happy to stay and let someone else go. … Continued

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20 Dec 2021

Maybe you were right. Festive Flash Fiction

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Taken from my collection Flash Fiction 2, here’s a short story for the season. Maybe you were Right The crew had drawn straws and Martine had lost. I hadn’t bothered, I was happy to stay and let someone else go. … Continued

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23 Nov 2021

A new release from Lizzie Chantree. The Woman Who Felt Invisible.

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This week, I’m spotlighting a new story from the international bestselling author of If you love me, I’m yours, Ninja School Mum and Babe Driven. Take a look at The woman who felt invisible. A gorgeous romantic story of love and new beginnings. … Continued

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18 Nov 2021

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2020. The year of The Syk’m.

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NaNo was a success for me in 2020. In the end, I managed to write 51865 words of my next story. As always, there’s a mixture of feelings, relief and amazement that I actually managed to finish and sadness that … Continued

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15 Nov 2021

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2019

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Welcome to the latest of this year’s retrospective NaNoWriMo posts. Today, I’m telling you all about 2019 The novel that came from that challenge was The Hitman and the Thief. The idea came from my workshop, a course that I … Continued

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11 Nov 2021

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2018

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To continue my series of posts about NaNoWriMo, this week I’m telling you about my 2018 project. I had an idea for a Steampunk novel, in the style of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. It would be set in Norlandia, … Continued

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