New Release – A Heart to Be Tamed
Hello everyone! I’m very excited to announce the release of my third book — A Heart to Be Tamed. For those of you who have read my previous two books, the main character this time is Laird Robert McPhee, brother to Kenzie McCaskill (nee McPhee),...
Obsidian and the PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) Rabbit Hole
It started with a simple goal: To create a personal wiki for my book series. I’m currently putting the finishing touches to book 3, and outlining book 4, so keeping track of all the characters, locations, and plot points across the series is...
Daily Journalling and Mental Health
Towards the end of last year, I kept reading about the merits of daily journalling. The timing was fortuitous; 2020 was a long and difficult year at the best of times, let alone moving across the world and attempting a new career. I was always...
The Cover (R)evolution of a Scottish Romance Novel (continued)
Well. A few months ago I created a blog post that detailed the trials and tribulations of creating a book cover. The TLDR: version is that it was a LOT more work than I thought, and I found the process extremely difficult, but at the end I...
Reading Your Draft With Amazon Polly
I’m about three-quarters through the editing process for my second book, A Price to Be Paid, and I’m just about up to the point where I’d normally load the e-pub file onto my Kindle and read on the target device, making notes as I do so. I find...
Mailing Lists and Exclusive Freebies
TLDR: Subscribe to my mailing list for FREE exclusive content, including my recently released novella of 20k words, The Steward of Her Heart. To subscribe, please use the link at the bottom of the page, or the popup box that appears on...
Planning an Overlapping Book Release Schedule
When I first sat down and thought about what a full time release schedule might look like, I was keenly aware that the output of some authors was through the roof. I’m talking 30 day turnarounds - a new book every month. It seemed crazy to me...
New Book Release: A Promise to Be Kept
Well, this is exciting - my first New Book Release post. Okay, okay, so between you and me it’s not actually my first published book. I’ve actually written three, all self published a few years ago. Back then, I had no idea what I was doing, and...
The Cover Evolution of a Scottish Romance Novel
This week’s blog post is a little bit of a peek inside the process of creating the cover for my upcoming book release, A Promise to Be Kept. I thought it might be interesting to see the considerations, trials, and tribulations, as well as the...
My Experience With the Hidden Gems Beta-Reading Service
It’s been a little while since my last blog post. Blame Christmas, or COVID-19, or the fact that I’ve been neck deep in the home stretch of my book release. Or, you know, blame the fact that I’m lazy and should have made time. Regardless, my...
