It was Christmas 2016. I had been out of work for six months, and our finances were still looking good. I was approached by someone in my...

I am a great believer in giving to charity. I support several financially by standing order from my bank, but there are other ways of...

Since starting my writing journey in 2017, I have gradually added tools to my arsenal to help me grow and improve as both a writer and...

At some point in your writing career, you will come across this little nugget of wisdom. Attributed but not traced to Mark Twain, this...

Following on from my top ten books and films comes the next wonderful list! You’ve probably done this before. If you could invite...

The world is a mess. Headlines in the news and on social media scream of war, hatred, pain, and loss. Our children are fearful for the...

I love New Year. It’s a time when we can say goodbye to the past, whether it was filled with success and blessing, or failure and...

I am currently writing my next series, a quadrilogy based on Norse mythology. If everything goes to plan, the first book will be...

One of the themes many stories utilise is that of death, be it a well-deserved ending for an obnoxious villain, a tragic backstory for...

Like most of us, I have a love/hate relationship with social media. As a published author, I am expected to have several accounts,...

Today, I want to take some time to reflect on the big news stories of the past couple of weeks. People are up in arms about Algerian...

A hundred people can read a book and give a hundred responses ranging from “That was awful, and I didn’t bother finishing” to “That was...

You have probably never heard of Bezalel and Oholiab, but I have been thinking a lot about them recently. They appear once in the Bible,...

There was a time, not so long ago, when I would read to the end of a book regardless of whether I liked it or not. This is especially...

When I turned thirty, I went on a crying jag. As far as I was concerned, the best of my years were behind me and there was nothing to...

Hello! My name is Holly and I write under the pen name HL Bernabe. Sue so sweetly asked me to do a guest blog for her and I couldn’t say...

It’s easy to think this world is full of hateful people spewing vitriol or making plans to destroy, maim and kill. The news is full of...

One of the reasons I love the fantasy genre is because it takes you out of this world, with its wars, injustices, and strident opinions,...

When I first started writing, I gave up reading fantasy stories for reasons I explain here. I didn’t feel confident as a writer to able...

One of my favourite TV programmes is “The Repair Shop”. I am always amazed and seriously impressed at the artisans who can take something...