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2026

The hustleoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2026
Good vibes only, for onceoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2026
Reviews, authors and minding our own businessoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2026
Research, and other forms of procrastinationoriginal ↗
2 May 2026
Why are we still infantilising women in fiction?original ↗
14 Feb 2026
Story prompts for short fic January (and maybe February, who knows)original ↗
17 Jan 2026

2025

Holiday book recommendations – gifts, reading and feeding the tbr pileoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2025
Book launches – survival, celebration and chocolateoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2025
The books behind the book – diving into the stories & history that inspired The Salt Oracleoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2025
This is a new low (publishing version)original ↗
27 Sept 2025
Dystopias, reality, and getting crabbit about labelsoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2025
Introducing The Salt Oracleoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2025
Interiority, quiet stories and ‘tv brain’original ↗
5 Apr 2025
A year in review, a year in anticipationoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2025

2024

Publication day waffleoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2024
A Letter to Debut Authorsoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2024
Literary versus genreoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2024
Cover Reveal and Some Musings On Cover Developmentoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2024
The Worst Word In Publishingoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2024
Comparanoiaoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2024

2023

Book Sales Aren’t On You (and lots of statistical nerdery)original ↗
20 Jul 2023
Mother Sea Island Touroriginal ↗
30 May 2023
Writing The Difficult Stufforiginal ↗
17 May 2023
The Road To Publicationoriginal ↗
1 May 2023
Retreats, Arts Funding & Goatsoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2023
Submission, Silence & Survivaloriginal ↗
18 Jan 2023

2022

A Christmas Book-buying Guide For All* Species Of Reader (*some)original ↗
12 Dec 2022
FantasyCon, book tours & the Scary 2nd Bookoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2022
Novellas – Writing Up Instead Of Downoriginal ↗
9 May 2022
The Dreaded Cover Letteroriginal ↗
14 Mar 2022
Joy In A Time Of Darknessoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2022

2021

The Way The Light Bendsoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2021
Brave New Worldoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2021
Diversity in Publishing, Mentoring, and Imposter Syndrome.original ↗
10 Aug 2021
The Faith & The Fearoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2021
Real Author Stuff & Spoonsoriginal ↗
18 May 2021
The Art of Waitingoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2021
Cover Reveal for This Is Our Undoingoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2021
How To Be A Debut Author – The Basicsoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2021

2020

This Is Our Undoingoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2020

2014

Do stories about dragons matter?original ↗
2 Sept 2014
Write a blog, they said.original ↗
25 Jul 2014