Half way through my second manuscript I needed an intervention. Self-doubt had invited itself in, flung itself onto the sofa and refused to leave.

In hindsight, I see it for what it really was; the dreaded first draft, midpoint blues. (You can almost hear the tune can...

Growing up, I was always attracted to gay men.

In my defence, it was the 80’s and the gay men in my life never told me they were gay. I thought they were just the perfect soul mate. All the sensitivities of a girlfriend wrapped up in the package of a nicely presented...

I received a letter in the mail from a stranger who heard I was a music teacher and wanted me to put his song lyrics to music. He insisted I would receive half the royalties it produced. This guy was clearly pretty proud of his lyrics and  believed that the only thing...

So I finished my book. I have edited it so many times I can no longer see straight.

I belly ached over the synopsis - which I still hate.

I uploaded it onto all the big websites - Amazon, Smashwords, Apple.

And then I waited for the big trumpet fanfare...And there wasn...