The Pagan Tree is on sale in the UK for 99p from Friday 15th till 8am Friday 22nd of December. If you enjoy the book, I would love for...

Don't look back - just write! The first time I heard about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), I'd just started taking my writing...

Jax's Unsolicited Philosophy on Writing When I published my first fiction novel in 2021, listed as paranormal/horror, I gave less than a...

I am a slow reader. I read a lot, but squash it in between working and writing. My favourite reading time is on the way to and from work....

Meet some of The Pagan Tree's characters.

Act One: The three-act structure is every writer’s favourite narrative model, right?

When I first saw the intriguing cover of The Apprentice Storyteller, I had to read the book. This beautifully written first book of the...

I’ve never willingly created a reading list. This is my first attempt and I’m curious to see whether I'll stick to the plan. That’s...

Miss Mayfield, a schoolteacher recently returned from Africa, takes up a post in Walwyk, a remote Essex village where nothing is quite as...

Kandake's was not a marriage of love, nor one of convenience, instead the consequence of generations of war and political conniving.

My greatest writing struggle is avoiding clichés. I'm on a constant quest for unique characters, plots, scenarios and narratives.

Compelling and riveting. Flynn Berry writes the way I like to read. Her use of perception to describe what her character feels is alluring.