On Saturday I went to a friends 40th birthday party. Now that in itself is depressing, the fact that this year I’m turning 40, but this party was special. I received the invite just a week prior to the party and I was thrilled. I hadn’t seen Rhona for about 20 years and yet she […]

Several weeks ago I entered the Crime Writers Association, Debut Dagger competition, but it’s taken me this long to actually write about it. The competition involved submitting the first 3,000 words of your crime novel and a synopsis between 500-1,000 words. Considering I’m 25,000 words into my novel, means that the first 3,000 words were […]

On Monday I had an appointment with the rheumatologist. My GP had referred me back to him to query ehlers danlos syndrome after he had given me a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. A complaint often running alongside EDS.  I went fully expecting the consultant to do the examination and give me a diagnosis,  or not, depending […]

I’m guest posting over at Nancy Hinchliffe’s blog, Business and Creative Women’s Blog, on finding the time to write…. First of all I have to say a huge thank you to Nancy for asking me to come along and write a guest post for her blog. I was extremely flattered when she asked. No sooner had she […]