The year of 2025 held major physical and mental transitions. I gained a new medical diagnosis, changed my job, and moved house 150+ miles away. It was 100% the right move for me to do, but it definitely had a …
Greeting 2025
2024 was a transformational year. I definitely went into a chrysalis in the Spring, and emerged like a soggy butterfly by Autumn. My writing took a large brunt of the hibernation, and I’m not rushing to get it back up …
How 2023 Shaped The Essence of 2024
2023, I bid you farewell. This was a year of massive change. I began 2023 living in a friend’s spare room as her lodger, and ended it in my own flat with 2 pet house rabbits. Writing was almost non-existent, …
Getting Back to Writing: The Process of Integration
A Brief Overview For those who may not know my history, I began writing novels in 2009 with my first National Novel Writing Month. In 2012, I began to ‘get serious’ about the craft. I researched agents and submitted a …
Essence of Green:: January 2022
Welcome, 2022. January was both long and short. I’ve done less journaling, more novel-writing, more gaming and a lot more talking with friends. I grabbed a copy of Pokémon Legends: Arceus and am learning about all the Pokémon from Generation …
Welcoming In The Essence of 2022
Welcome in, 2022. The last couple of years have been a gentle spiral down, and I find myself finally rising up out of the mud to unfurl my lotus petals. In 2021, I focused on measuring all writing – not …