When I get interested in something, I really get interested! My collections become an obsession, but the problem is they don’t last. So what’s my latest obsession? And how do I cut the cravings?

I attended the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate for the first time ever. Here’s what I thought of it.

In a stressful world sometimes you have to look for the little things in your life that make you happy. Find those moments of pleasure.

The first part of my light-hearted Christmas alphabet.

Looking back on a post about writing group The Write Romantics, which was written to celebrate our fifth anniversary