When someone asks me what my favourite genre is, I always reply: “As long as it has a dragon in it, I’ll read it.” There’s just something about these scaly, winged beings – wise, dangerous, sometimes wicked – that I can’t resist. So it’s probably no surprise that my own books ended up featuring dragons too. (Though,…
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From Myers-Briggs to Enneagram: What I’ve Learned About Myself as a Writer
How do you feel about personality type tests? Personally, I’m a huge fan – which makes total sense because, according to the Myers-Briggs test, I’m an INTJ (spoiler alert: we like taking personality tests, lol). Myers-Briggs is a personality assessment that sorts people into 16 types based on how they prefer to focus attention (introvert…
Release Day: Myth Maker (Mythical Menagerie Book 3)
If you’ve been waiting to see what happens to Ambrose – and the creatures inside the Repository – after that cliffhanger from Myth Keeper, then your time has finally come! Today is a book birthday – hooray! The fate of the mythical world hangs in the balance – and Ambrose Davids may be the only…
Rebranding the Mythical Menagerie Series
So, you know in the old days, before the joys of e-books and online shopping, where you still went to an actual bookstore and bought physical books? It almost feels like a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Anyhoo, at the risk of showing my age here, I used to frequent a…
My 2024 in Books
I live by the saying “you are what read” and I think it’s incredibly important to never stop reading. The hour or so of reading time before bed every night is my absolute highlight of every day (unless the book is bad, but still, hehe) and I’m always incredibly grateful to the stories that help…
Looking Ahead to 2025
As you may know, I’m a great believer in setting goals to work towards at the start of every new year. If I didn’t, I’d spend my days in a haze of reading and playing PC games, and although that’s great in general and good enough for many people, in the long run it makes…
Release Day: A Song of Reverie
Against all expectations, I still manage to write a weird little fantasy story every month, and people seem to enjoy them – which makes me endlessly happy! And I’m also quite happy to announce that the third book in me Reverie Flash Fiction collection, A Song of Reverie, is now available for purchase. You can…
How I Use AI as an Author
AI usage is a hot topic in the writing world, and rightly so. As a reader, I can completely relate to not wanting to be bombarded by a flood of low-quality books generated by lazy prompters, but as a writer I am thrilled with the plethora of AI tools now available to help me make…
Release Day: Becoming Keeper (A Mythical Menagerie Prequel)
Today is a special day, because it’s release day for my Amari origin story! If you’ve read the other books in the Mythical Menagerie series and you’ve been wondering how Amari became the Keeper of Exotic Animals, then Becoming Keeper is for you. All Amari wanted was to pass her exams. Instead, she found her…
Meet the Characters from Becoming Keeper
The latest prequel to the Mythical Menagerie series, Becoming Keeper, is now available for preorder! If you’ve ever wondered how Amari became the Keeper of Exotic Animals, then this one’s for you. Since I love playing around with Midjourney to create images to put up on my writing inspiration board, especially for characters, I thought…
