New publication: The silver thaw

I have a new YA fantasy/creative non-fiction piece entitled ‘The silver thaw’ out now with Intersection Stories*. A big thank you to Eric Benedict for his beautiful illustrations. The brief was to write a story that relates to personal: loss, recovery, challenge, growth, trauma, healing, shame and/or change. Then the piece was to be reimagined in…

2017: My year of writing dangerously.

I remember this time last year. I was on maternity leave with my two-month old who was gradually starting to settle. During those early weeks while she slept I managed to finish the initial draft of my first novel that I had been working on for some time. I wondered Now what? Where do I…