World Book Day 2015

Today (Thursday 5th March) is World Book Day and every school in the country should be celebrating the joy of books and reading for pleasure. I can’t think of a more wonderful occasion on the calendar! Over the years it has become a key feature of the event that pupils come to school dressed as characters from their favourite stories. At the secondary school where I work, we have turned things around this year and...

It’s All In The Body Language, My Dear

As research for my books, I’ve been looking into the very fascinating subject of ‘Body Language’ this week. If this is an area you haven’t really thought of investigating before, I highly recommend it. I just can’t believe the interesting wealth of information I have discovered on the topic. In particular, I’ve been focussing on the ‘positive’ aspects of body language and how people either consciously...

Be My Valentine

Valentine’s Day is approaching this weekend! Hurry girls, if you’re currently single, you have only a day left to go out and bag yourself a boyfriend! Just kidding 🙂 Obvs we all know that we certainly don’t need another half to make us feel complete. We can do that all by our precious selves. Valentine’s Day celebrations certainly do have a habit of raising two very differing sets of...

Finishing Touches

The end of January already, can you believe it? If it seems like I have been quiet for a little while since the New Year, then I assure you it has all been for a very good cause. I’ve been exceptionally hard at work, locked away in my home library at every available opportunity, putting the finishing touches to Book 2 in ‘The Faery Tales’ series, ‘The Faery Tale of Amy Thyst.’ Although...

Friends Reunited

The friendships which I write about in The Faery Tales stories, especially those between Rosie, Billie, Sally and the gang, are very much based on my own experiences of childhood and the circle of friends I grew up with. I was totally blessed throughout my school years to have an array of like-minded people around, who shared my craziness, giddiness, mischief, imagination and thirst for adventure. We got up to...