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
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
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
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
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
Get out of your own way. This was my response to a Twitter post earlier this week, asking what advice would one #writer give to another. And I think that’s the biggest piece of advice I could give anyone, let alone another writer or other #creator: Get out of your own way. In truth, no … Read more
It surely hasn’t been a solo effort getting this far. I’ve been #writing since I was very young, making up stories from as far back as I can remember. But it’s only in the last two years that I created the pen-name Dixon Reuel and founded Thunderloft Press in order to #indie #publish. I’ve had … Read more
After a whole day in front of the screen (and after going a bit cross-eyed!), I always want to turn to something offline and hands-on for the evening. Crochet, knitting, any kind of yarn work fits the bill. It’s something my hands can work away at while my poor little brain keeps on novel-ing and … Read more
