As an indie author I use social media a lot, so this is a list of the best hashtags for writers looking to use writing hashtags to connect with readers, other writers and the wider writing community. Read more

Today's story is all about crowdfunding for authors. Crowdfunding a book is an alternative route to getting a book published and author Amy Lord tells us all about the story she's publishing and her best tips for crowdfunding a book. Read more

More and more writing apps are being launched, but which are the best for writing fiction, be it novels, short stories or novellas? These are the writing apps I use regularly and recommend to other authors. Read more

I wrote these tips to help writers realise that you can still write through the madness of those early months as a first-time parent. And I don't mean write during naptime because that time is for showering/sleeping/eating/doing absolutely nothing! Read more

My latest short story collection, Nine Women: Short Stories is now available as an ebook for Kindle on Amazon. And this blog post reveals some of the ways this book became a happy surprise with a life of its own! Read more

The books I want to write and the books I want to publish in 2016. And no, it's not the same list! Read more

NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and it takes place every November. With over 700,000 writers worldwide participating it is an international phenomenon and has changed my life. If you've always wanted to write a book, it could change your life too… Here are 21 reasons why you should do NaNoWriMo this year. Read more

Dear fellow writer,How did you fare in November's NaNoWriMo madness? Did it work for you? Did you walk away with 50,000 words? Or did life get in the way and slow you down, force you to stop and reassess? Perhaps the deadline did little for your creativity, drowning read more

An overview of why NaNoWriMo changed my life and how you can best prepare for it. Read more

Leading on from this post I wrote as a very basic overview to self-publishing (based on my own experience) the following is a list of things that you are going to have to squeeze into your busy schedule if you want a shot at being a successful self-published author.Again read more

This is a very quick, honest and dirty introduction to self-publishing for anyone who is remotely intrigued by the idea of writing and self-publishing a book, be it non-fiction or fiction, a one-off or the beginning of a possible self-publishing career. It is based on what I've learned from writing read more

Twelve short stories. 27 characters. (Eleven without names, how neglectful of me but I welcome you to give them some.) 31 countries I've written about in some form or another. 47767 words. 87  is the total number of draft versions I accumulated. Two is the number of feet read more