My visitor in the coffee shop today is Joanne Mallory who’s here to tell us where she got the idea for her debut novel Thunder Moon which will be published tomorrow – and there’s a chance to win a free copy! JM Hey Katy, thanks for inviting me in, I love the smell in coffee … More The story behind the story – Thunder Moon

Joining me in the coffee shop today is author Vanessa Knipe with some great advice for new writers. Vanessa is currently reading for an MA in Creative Writing, although her first degree is a BSC (hons) Biochemistry. She has seven books published, three collections of short stories and four novels, by two independent publishers. When … More How to get published – Vanessa Knipe

Happy New Year – I hope 2017 works out really well for you. Here are my writing resolutions for the year ahead – I can’t promise to stick to all of them but I’ll certainly try! Write every day This includes researching and rewriting (but not just reading over what I wrote last time, making … More My New Year writing resolutions