A PRODUCT, NOT A BABY

Finding success as an author’s a tough gig. The advent of self-publishing, vanity/hybrid publishers, and independent/traditional publishers all churning out books, equates to an oversaturated market in every genre. In 2023, over 3 million books hit Amazon, the biggest...

HORRID HERBS: WHEN SAGE MEETS STAGE

And so it begins … again. Our second WinDarl cosy released and ready for promos, and now onto the third in the series. Horrid Herbs: When Sage Meets Stage, sees our amateur sleuths hamming it up as part of Treeton Am-Dram Society and re-enacting medieval...

THE LOVABLE CLICHE

Not a bitter pill to swallow I’m an advocate in the belief that humour is wonderful medicine. While me and medication aren’t BFFs, the best things in life are free, so when under the weather, I’m happy to swallow a healthy dollop of laughter, giggles, and guffaws to...

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH BUILDING A BRAND

Where do we start? Where does any company start? Even mega brands had to build a reputation from scratch. First, a fundamental question. What is a brand? Contrary to popular belief, not a logo, identity, or product. So, what? A brand is a non-tangible concept that...

PASTORAL PARADISE

Creating characters is vital to any story, as is building the locations and places they frequent. Characters must live, work, eat, and breathe, otherwise they’ll perish in literary purgatory and never come alive. Thankfully, in the WinDarl cosy mysteries, there’s a...

CANNY CHARACTERS

When creating a jumble of characters and their peculiarities, I often base the entity and traits on self, or people/personalities I’ve had the pleasure—or not—of meeting while navigating life’s many tributaries. Friends. Family. Acquaintances. Animals. I adore this...