My pirate book Kintana and the Captain's Curse is about a young girl who helps her ex-pirate pa run a pet shop on Pirate Island, Nosy B...

It wasn ’t until a few years ago, researching important women in history, that I started to find out about Ada Lovelace. I was instantly int...

One of the best things about writing historical fiction is the research – although I have to confess that I can get completely sidetracked...

When I was at Edinburgh University in the nineties, I studied John McGrath’s play The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil . It’s a re...

That’s it! You are a published author, and you are holding your finished product in your hand! Wait - how on earth will anyone know about it...

The book is finally ready to go to the printer’s, word-perfect and with a beautiful cover. This is where it finally becomes an object that...