I honestly can't believe that it's that time again: my quarterly catch-up is upon us once more. How can it be September already? It was May only five minutes ago, surely? Anyway, as is my wont (I have no idea what that means but I've read it in various books throughout my life and it …
Continue reading Looking Forward to Autumn: A September Catch-up
I thought long and hard before writing this post for Tracey Scott-Townsend’s lovely blog. Was I being too honest? Was this post too downbeat? I’d read some of the other posts in this feature and those guests seemed to have done so much more with their lives than I had – fabulous careers, plenty of travel. I felt I couldn’t compete with that. Then I thought, what if there’s someone out there who is feeling as low and as hopeless as I felt back then? What if, by reading my story, just one person realises that it’s never too late to turn your life around? What if I bring hope to just one single person? Isn’t that worth it? So here’s my story. I hope it brings comfort to someone out there. xx
Sharon: Thank you for inviting me to your blog, Tracey.
CHILDHOOD.
Well, I was the typical bookworm. I spent every spare moment I had reading. My favourite Christmas presents were always the Enid Blyton books that my parents bought for me without fail (usually a bundle of three – exciting times!) and I practically lived in the local library. My pocket money went on books, too. If I wasn’t buying novels, I was buying notebooks, because it had already occurred to me that it might be a good idea to start writing my own stories. I can’t tell you how many “Chapter Ones” I wrote, but I do…
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It seems like ages since I last blogged on here. Well, it is ages - it was March when I last put fingers to keyboard for this page. Shameful! Anyway, I've brushed the cobwebs off the blog and I promise to try to do better in future. 🙂 I hope you're all well and the …
This week marks a real milestone for me. On the 29th March 2018, I took the huge step of leaving my day job and heading out into the world as a full-time writer. Was I scared? You bet your life, I was. Was I sad to be leaving? Well, I was sad to be leaving …
Continue reading I Felt the Fear and Did it Anyway ~ One Year On …
It's always an exciting moment when I see my next book cover for the first time, and I'm very lucky because lovely Berni Stevens never lets me down. This time around, she sent me three options for the sequel to Belle, Book and Christmas Candle, each similar in style to my first Witches of Castle …
Continue reading #NewBook #CoverReveal ~ Back to Castle Clair
It's been a while since I last posted on here, and for that I can only apologise. It's been a strange few weeks in our family. February was pretty grim for reasons I won't go into, and I've really struggled to write personal stuff when I've had so much on my mind. The thing about …
Continue reading Looking Forward to Spring ~ A March Catch-Up
If you read my blog post last week (if not, you can find it here) you'll recall that I'd made a promise to myself that I would take two days off per week from both writing and social media. I'd chosen, for various reasons, to make Sunday and Monday my "weekend". So, on Saturday night …
Continue reading Pulling the Plug ~ Two Days Without the Internet and How I Survived It!
So there I was, tapping away at my keyboard, watching the magical words appear on the screen, crossing my fingers that - at last - Castle Clair 2 was well on its way (and crossing your fingers is very hard to do when you're typing, trust me) when, all of a sudden, I was attacked …
Continue reading Cutting the Connection: When Social Media Stops Feeling Sociable.
Question: What's the most dangerous condition a writer can have? Answer: Comparisonitis. Never heard of it? Lucky you. It's a horrible condition which saps the joy from your life, destroys your confidence, and leaves you feeling like a total failure, even if you've got plenty to celebrate and be proud of. When I hear …
Continue reading Then and Now: Fighting Off the Dreaded Comparisonitis #amwriting
A week is a long time in politics, as they say. Let's face it, in the current climate, ten minutes is a long time in politics. But a week can also be a long time in the life of an ordinary, everyday person, too. Like me. Looking back at my blog post last week, it …
