I was lucky enough to attend four book festivals this year to talk about my debut novel The Grief Nurse.

The importance of queernorm stories

This autumn has been all about learning to become a published author.

A paper exploring the Seaside Gothic in British fiction, originally presented at the Once and Future Fantasies Conference.

A few fun updates to share this summer!

I took the plunge and started my first-ever bullet journal. Here's a quick guide to get you started.

Since finishing The Grief Nurse, I’ve been focusing on my new work in progress, tentatively called The Bone Diver.

Task management as a concept probably seems like it has absolutely no business anywhere near anything creative. For me, though, how I manage

We can take the gothic and move it outside onto the shore, where it feels quite at home.

A few new literary homes for my writing to round out 2021.

My thoughts on writing while working full-time and being a parent.

My Upcoming Publications & Awards

2018 was an eventful year. I had a baby, learned to code, started the third draft of my novel, got a gig as a web designer, became Artist in Residence with the charity HIV Scotland, read 52 books, and got a few things published along the way. I surprised and impressed myself. As Gina from Brooklyn Nine-Nine has said, “I’m the living embodiment of the 100 emoji.” That’s how I feel anyway 😉 Read more about my published works from 2018: This is a big one for me. Disclosures is