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As promised (read ‘My 2024 Christmas Horror Movie List’ if you don’t know what I’m talking about), I’m here to share my Christmas horror reading list for 2024. This list only has six books, so not too long, but I believe that’ll give me more of a chance of completing, especially as I’m also listening to audiobooks (these are just

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It’s December, so you know what time it is: yes, it’s Christmas horror time, baby! I love Christmas horror books and movies, so I set myself a challenge of watching Christmas horror movies and reading Christmas horror books throughout December. So today I’m going to share a list of the Christmas horror movies I plan to watch. There are 26

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It’s July, and that means we are in the third quarter of 2021. Wow, we’re halfway through the year. This year is flying by, and I’m struggling to keep up.

I had many plans for the second quarter. I promised myself that I would finally be focused and motivated, but that didn’t happen. It wasn’t a complete failure, though. Q2 was a quarter that involved a lot of rethinking. I figured out what was holding me back, what I wanted to work on and what kind of author I want to be.

I have a short post for you today: I want to share my supernatural horror and ghost horror indie author reading list.
So, why did I create this reading list? If you’re a regular visitor to my website, you know I’m a big fan of reading a set of books in the genre I plan to write my novel or series in. For me, reading is the best way to learn the rules of a genre.

Wow, it's been ages since I wrote a post. I wish I could say I've been busy taking over the world, but I haven't. However, I have been busy.

So, what have I been up to? Mostly, I've been spending two months of quarter two being indecisive. Why? Well, let me start from the beginning.

Once upon a time … ha-ha! Okay, I'm just messing, but I do want to take you back to 2017, so let's jump in the time machine and go back, back in time.

Wow! It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post. The primary reason for my blogging absence is because I needed all of my energy to edit my horror flash fiction collection (I’m no longer going to publish this collection, but I’ll explain why in a future post). But I’m back, and today I want to talk to you about the productivity experiment I did recently.

It’s April, and that means we are now in the second quarter of 2021. How the hell did that happen? Okay, I’m no longer freaking out (I’m lying, I’m still freaking out), so it’s time to see how well quarter one went. Short answer: it was a total fail. Okay, not a complete fail, but it did not go to

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It’s nearly April, and that means it’s nearly time for the first Camp NaNoWriMo of 2021.
For those of you who don’t know, Camp NaNoWriMo is a global writing event that takes place in April and July. It’s like NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month).

On 13th February 2021, I attended the Ashlee: Preserving Culture in Writing event, which was part of the 2021 Wolverhampton Literature Festival.

Because of Covid-19, this year’s Wolverhampton Literature Festival was online. And the Preserving Culture in Writing event was hosted through Zoom.

Wow, the first two months of 2021 are nearly over. Can you believe it? I know I can’t. I had so many goals and hopes for 2021. This is supposed to be the year I publish with the hopes of making money. But, man, the first two months have been tough.