2025 Happy New Writing Year – or is it? 

2025 Happy New Writing Year – or is it? 

Interesting times? Let’s face it, times are difficult. I usually do at least a turn-of-the-year update to let anyone who’s interested know I’m still around and what I’m doing. It’s a weird world we live in these days or maybe it’s only that I’ve surfaced...
Popular Genre Fiction Trends in 2024

Popular Genre Fiction Trends in 2024

Genre Fiction is a landscape populated with many different species, including subspecies. Authors and publishers need to know the layout because their livelihood depends on it. For genre and subgenre read “readers’ tastes” and for Genre Fiction read...
Writers v. Readers. Is it War?

Writers v. Readers. Is it War?

Words will never hurt me Cut it with the bad reviews! How to respond to negative reviews for fiction writers and readers? We’ve all heard the saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well, tell that to authors who...
You Can’t Stay Here

You Can’t Stay Here

I had drafted a post a few days ago, but events are changing so rapidly in the UK and Europe, it’s out of date before I put it up. Anyway, you can’t stay here, nor can I. Like sharks, we have to keep moving or we die, so how am I keeping alive, in writing...
Changing Direction

Changing Direction

Let’s talk about 2022. I’ve got a lot happening next year. I’m planning an updated version of my dystopian futuristic YA, Far Out. The rewrite is nearly finished. Next is my Paranormal Romance, Twin Flames, then Book 2 of my Dark Forest Dryad urban...