9 December 2025
Whoever would have guessed that my recent foot surgery would prompt me to think about the writing process?
Have you ever propelled yourself around the house in a wheelchair, or on crutches, or on a knee scooter? If you have, you will probably identify with my hiccups, challenges and modest, but feel-good sense of achievement, when I managed to crack the required skill of knee scooting successfully around my own house.
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24 November 2025
Why would an author reveal a whole page of one of their books in a blog post? Good question! But this, you see, is not quite like any other first page of a book. Let me explain...
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10 November 2025
Holy Island a tiny tidal island in Northumberland and the birthplace of Christianity in the UK, and ever since I heard of it I have wanted to go there.
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13 October 2025
The power of first lines in fiction is immense. After you’ve checked the cover and browsed through the back cover blurb, you open the book and read the first line – the first paragraph – the first page. By the end of the first chapter, you’re probably hooked on the book and will continue reading […]
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3 October 2025
Have you ever thought of creating a game of some kind? I had certainly never considered it, until I thought of Christian cards.
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19 September 2025
What do you want for your young child - material comfort, which fades or something of more value, which can never be destroyed?
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11 September 2025
This is an invitation to join my Writer's Workshop in October where you will discover the 12 Top Tips For Fiction Writers. How did my writing workshops come about? Well, when I first came to live in Cape Town on 2 February, 2013 as a brand-new retiree, it only took me two months to discover […]
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13 August 2025
Today I want to talk about some admirable qualities in fictional women. If you were to write down a list of qualities you would like to see displayed in your fictional women, it might look something like this: I would like to talk about a few of my own fictional women/girls with the specific intention […]
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1 August 2025
You strike the women, you strike a rock! I’m sure that this saying strikes a cord not only with South African women, but also with women all over the world who have fought for various causes.
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