Messy Workspace

If you want to make an omelette, you have to break a few eggs, as the saying goes. My desk doesn’t often look Instagram worthy; quite often it’s a jumble as I both work-from-home and also write (and launch a book series in less than two weeks!). I always tidy the desk by the end … Read more

Xmas tree up, lights on, it’s December!

Christmas is my favourite time of year & there’s nothing I love more than that cosy wind-down, the early darkness, the laziness that comes into the work calendar… and to see the house adorned with lights! Life hasn’t been easy. There’s been Christmases that I’ve had to spend alone. But that always makes me SUPER … Read more

Ending the year on a high note!

LOOK what arrived! A huge box of Rise of One paperbacks, all waiting to be signed and sent all over the world to those kind and amazing souls who helped with Blood Brute’s conception, editing, design and production. I’m quite a solitary, indoorsy person. So, to see these copies of my very own book with … Read more

Two Weeks to Launch!

Just 2 more weeks until my book baby releases into the world! When I came up with the Blood Brute series & began its first book, Rise of One, I never thought that almost 2 years later I’d be preparing for its launch!⁠ It’s been a long, hard road getting this far. #Indie #publishing is … Read more

Overcoming Struggle.

The quotation that I decided on for BLOOD BRUTE’s first book, RISE OF ONE, is from a poem by Theodore Roethke called ROOT CELLAR. He describes that dirt itself always keeps on breathing – this is a significant theme in not just the novel, but also in my own life and getting to the point … Read more

Black Friday Offer!

Free on #BlackFriday read ON THE EDGE OF SALT, a Blood Brute prequel #shortstory! As the night sky burns, a stranger with a terrible secret approaches the coven’s walls… READ NOW: http://bit.ly/OnTheEdgeOfSalt A prequel to the Blood Brute series, ON THE EDGE OF SALT covers the #vampire coven’s life before RISE OF ONE, Book 1, … Read more

Recipe For Success…

I work full-time on top of being an #indie #author and running my own imprint, Thunderloft Press. It ain’t easy, I’ll tell you that! It requires so much discipline and time management. Knowing when to work hard and also when to relax (and for how long!) is something I’m still learning everyday. However, a real … Read more

3 Weeks to Launch!

Anyway! My first book baby, RISE OF ONE, is out in only 3 weeks time! I’m sooo excited for everybody to go on this adventure with the Vampire Rise & his coven as they battle a #zombieapocalypse! You can preorder the RISE OF ONE ebook or paperback (or both!) on Amazon, Apple, Google Books, Kobo … Read more

Inspiration

Mary Renault is the author I most aspire to be like, to write like, and she’s also just my gosh darn favourite writer. Author of The Bull From the Sea, The King Must Die, and my ultimate favourite, The Persian Boy, Mary Renault wrote the most excellent alternate history of Hellenistic Greece and the times … Read more

Less than 25 Days to Launch!

Less than 25 days to launch! #Vampires try to survive a #zombie #apocalypse in my new Blood Brute series! Book 1, Rise of One, is out 15th Dec! Preorder ebook & paperback: https://amzn.to/33FHNPa Buy from other book stores at www.DixonReuel.com 🦇🦇🦇 #newbook #readerscommunity #booktwitter #readinglist #horror #paranormal #postapocalyptic #Zombies #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #irishauthors #Irishauthorsofinstagram #Irishbookstagram #Irishbook … Read more