When I first got a call from Betty at the Irish Writers Centre, asking had I entered the Novel Fair, I presumed I’d made an error: forgotten to attach a synopsis, left my name on an anonymous form, or had my card declined for the entry fee.

Happy New Year! If I can still say that at the end of January - and that it doesn't come across as sarcastic or cynical, in the light of the dreich winter days and ongoing global pandemic.

Who doesn't love a good list.

Even better, who doesn't love a good end of year list: life hacks and lessons learned; things done, things discarded, and those yet to do. 

An Anthology of women's adventure writing, poetry and art.

Every morning since June I’ve woken up delighted to remember that my job for the year is to be a writer. Thanks to funding from Creative Scotland’s Create: Inclusion fund, I can spend the majority of my working life pondering, plotting, writing and editing my first foray into the realm of psychological suspense.