The Bravery of Being Different
When I was a child I was just as familiar with Irish rebel songs as I was with nursery rhymes. Every weekend my dad would play songs about the Irish…
Read MoreThe Heart-Wrenching True Story I had to Keep Alive
When I started researching the Second World War for my new novel, An American in Paris, I was blown away by the accounts of so-called ‘ordinary’ people who heroically risked…
Read MoreThe Magical Power of Empathy – a Creative Challenge
It all began with a dare – as many of the best adventures do. One evening in 2018 my friend Aaron and I went for a drink and during the…
Read MoreThe Magical Journey of an Idea
Every book begins with an initial seed of an idea – a whisper in the writer’s mind, that won’t go away. The first seed of an idea that ended up…
Read MoreWriting by Starlight – FREE e-course
Let’s face it, the month of January can be kind of bleak, But the one silver lining to the incessant dark and cold is that it’s very conducive to snuggling…
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