Amazon bestselling, genre-hopping, kickass-female-protagonist-loving author.
Dear Readers I hope you are doing well and enjoying your Friday!
Here in South Africa it’s a long weekend, and most families (religious or not) will be celebrating easter with eggs and chocolate bunnies.
I’m at my desk because I have a book to write, but I’ll definitely be joining in the fun tomorrow. This will mostly entail ensuring the health of my children by eating at least half of their chocolate.
Say it with me: Win/Win.
Dear Readers Today I saw this marvelous thing on Facebook. They’re called Ghost Apples.
What happens is that the freezing rain coats rotting apples and then the fruit leaves behind this beautiful frozen shell. If you’d like to see the post on Facebook it’s here: Ghost Apples.
Readers often ask where I get my ideas from, but with a world as rich as ours, getting ideas is the easy part!
Hello! I hope you’ve had a good week so far!
I’ve got a bottle of bubbly in the fridge because I hit a milestone today … two million pages read! I’m thrilled and I only have you to thank.
But it’s not all champagne-drinking and swanning about over here. This week I’ve been preparing to dive into writing my new book, which I start today.
I hope you’ve had a lovely break and an easy start to the year.
We’re back from a wonderful holiday at the Wild Coast and the kids started school yesterday. James enjoyed his first day in grade one!
I’m taking it slow — I promised myself a month off work in January after the grueling 6-books-in-6-months wizard challenge — so I’m catching up on emails and admin and taking a few courses to ease into what is sure to be an exciting, prolific year.
Our new kitten, Felix, had the best first Christmas ever. His favourite part was trying to knock the tree over, which delighted my children.
It’s steaming hot here in Johannesburg, with temperatures peaking at 34 degrees Celcius (93 degrees F) so we spent most of Christmas day in the pool with lilos and chilled MCC.
I am so grateful to you for your support this year.
Without you, I wouldn’t be able to afford the time to write. Thank you!
Here is your gift: A Christmas-themed short story, perfect for the festive season.
I’ve made it free from today till the 25th of December.
A heartwarming tale of a down-and-out Santa Claus and his decapitated reindeer.
Yesterday I gave the cover of The Sigma Surrogate a quick refresh.
I’ve decided to make it free for a few days.
If you haven’t read it before, I hope you enjoy the story!
My new distraction has a name.
My kids wanted to name our new kitten Fifi Marshmallow Lawrence, so we settled on ‘Felix’ for short.
View this email in your browser Still kicking. The good news is that I’m still alive. Halfway through writing book 5 means that the finish line is in sight.
If you had told me a year ago that I’d be able to write 6 books in 6 months I would have laughed at you, but it looks like I’m going to make it!
I caught myself swearing in Latin today.
It made me realise how deeply I’m immersed in my character’s world. Writing six books in six months in an intense experience, and even more so when your protagonist doesn’t know how to stay out of trouble.
I’m currently in the middle of writing Book 5 and loving the adventure. If you haven’t yet tried out this urban fantasy that’s taking over my brain, you can sample it for free on Amazon, here.