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Adding Colour To Our Stories In the rom-com movie, “The Holiday ,” Arthur admonishes the main character Iris, saying something like, “In the movies we have leading ladies, and we have the best friend. You, I can tell, are a leading lady, but for some reason you’re behaving like the best friend.” Iris is aghast as the realisation of truth hits her and then says, “You’re so right. You’re supposed to be the leading lady of your own life!” I think we’re all guilty of doing this,

Fantasy Court Intrigue (And Why We Love It)

The power magical objects hold - and the power we give them I have several special objects on my writing desk I like to think give me luck, or at least, the power to defeat writer's block. There’s a chunk of tiger’s eye to boost my creativity and willpower, a stuffed crocheted octopus gifted by one of my readers to remind me there are actual people out there reading what I write and I’m not just shouting into a void, and a red ceramic ox money-box, because red is lucky, the o

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I've been so busy lately, but have finally managed to carve out time to work on the latest instalment in the 'Chronicles of Esha'...

The world your story lives in should be so authentic and layered that a reader will be convinced it’s a real place, and if only they...

Whether it’s an inter-species love story between a human and a fae, or a seductive tale of fae courtship and alliance, fae romance has...