What good is there in writing a book if it cannot carry a light long enough to warm the reader before the reader is once again swallowed by your book's darkness?
A tale of despicability – dark fiction brings no light
Empty classrooms set dismal mood
This year’s launching of the school year is a heartbreaking reminder of how much further we have to go until ‘normal’ is normal again.
Boomerang kindness
I enjoy penning handwritten letters. I know it’s been practically outmoded with the prevalence of emails, texts, phone calls and social media, but I feel as though a handwritten letter (even if carrying the same message a text would have carried) says something a little extra on it own. There’s just something special about receiving... Continue Reading →
Remember to be kind to retail workers this Black Friday
People are a lot harder on cashiers and other people in retail than they need to be.
What’s My NaNo: Snow in the Valley of Men
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For nearly 50 years, it’s been winter on the border of human and fey lands. After a mysterious plague of dark magic drew the fey into oblivion, humankind has been left to fend for itself on the border between the two worlds as Magic-Touched creatures spill over the unprotected border of the two lands,... Continue Reading →
For it is Scottish blood within my veins – travel diary
“I feel a sort of reverence in going over these scenes in this most beautiful country, which I am proud to call my own, where there was such devoted loyalty to the family of my ancestors – for Stuart blood is in my veins.” Queen Victoria, journal entry in 1873 It's been a few years... Continue Reading →
