Walking into the Mist: Finding Clarity Through Autumn Fog
Monday morning, about 7.30am in Sussex. The air was cool, the dew clung to the grass, and a veil of…
September 29, 2025
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Category: Book Writing
The Power of Pressing Pause: Why Writers Sometimes Need a Well-Deserved Break
There is a strange kind of guilt that follows a writer on holiday. It’s like a shadow in your suitcase,…
September 27, 2025
The Books That Made Me Write – Part 3: The Gentle Magic of The Wind in the Willows
So far in this series, I’ve spoken about the bold imagination of C. S. Lewis and the fearless cheek of…
September 2, 2025
The Books That Made Me Write – Part 2: How Roald Dahl Taught Me to Be Cheeky, Brave, and Unashamedly Imaginative
I first read Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator when I was about twelve years old. I’d already seen Willy…
August 26, 2025
Do Writers Rest on a Bank Holiday?
It’s a warm, sunny August day in Britain, which is unusual in itself. Normally, if you listen to the jokes,…
August 25, 2025
The Magic of the Dandelion Clock
There are few things in life as simple yet as full of wonder as a dandelion clock. You know the…
August 18, 2025
From Brambles to Books – How Wild Fruit Becomes Amazing Jam and Wild Ideas Become Crazy Stories
If you have ever walked along a hedgerow in late summer, you will know the sight. Branches heavy with wild…
August 6, 2025
Slow Mondays, Fast Minds: A Children’s Author’s Start to the Week
It started at 5am. One of those moments when your eyes open and you just know sleep is done for…
August 4, 2025
Castles, Clutches and Cold Remedies: A Children’s Author on a Distracted Friday
It’s Friday afternoon. My desk is relatively tidy for once. There’s a lukewarm cup of tea to in front of…
August 1, 2025
Easy Sundays, Good Coffee, and the Gentle Art of Writing
It’s Sunday. The kind of Sunday where the sky is undecided, the birds are unbothered, and the kettle boils a…
July 27, 2025
