Blogging

My thoughts, and those of my characters, on different subjects, kindly hosted by others. 

NB The dates are in British format ie day/month/year as I’m a New Zealand author.

2023
19/5/23 – Mystery and suspense with a paranormal twist. Read the blog here.

19/4/23 – My post this month at Love Bytes Reviews is about writing angst.

10/4/23 – Interviewed by Holly Oliver as part of her quirky questions series.

19/3/23 – Blogging about writing in series at Love Bytes Reviews

19/2/23 – Blogging about small town romance at Love Bytes Reviews.

19/1/23 – Starting the year at Love Bytes Reviews blogging about furbabies and shared universes.

2022
19/12/22 – Looking back at 2022 at Love Bytes Reviews

21/11/22 – Interviewed by J. Scott Coatsworth. There are hints about future books. Read it here.

19/11/22 – Winter in New Zealand at Love Bytes Reviews and the Winter Love Promotion.

19/10/22 – I’m blogging about Family and Reflection and sharing an excerpt for this month’s blog at Love Bytes Reviews.

19/9/22 – September’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is about performers.

19/8/22 – Blogging about hurt/comfort at Love Bytes Reviews.

19/7/22 – July’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is about not taking a break between writing projects.

19/6/22 – June’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is aptly called Vampires in Wellington.

19/5/22 – May’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is about series and shared world bibles.

19/4/22 – I’m blogging about writing in a shared world in this month’s Love Bytes Reviews post.

19/3/22 – March’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is about #enemiestolovers in On Wings of Song.

28/2/22 – At Paranormal Romance Guild blogging about choosing the title Prelude to Love.

19/2/22 – At Love Bytes Reviews blogging about writing locations close to home in Prelude to Love.

19/1/22 – Blogging about my writing plans for 2022 at Love Bytes Reviews.

8/1/22 – Interviewed at MM Romance Reviewed and also chatting about my writing plans for 2022 and beyond.

2021
19/12/21 – Blogging about my writing plans for 2021, and the events that impacted them at Love Bytes Reviews for my last post there for 2021.

19/11/21 – November at Love Bytes Reviews is about writing winter set Christmas stories when it’s a summer thing here in New Zealand.

19/10/21 – My October post at Love Bytes Reviews is about changing US spelling to UK/NZ as I work through my backlist.

19/9/21 – Blogging about the opposites attract trope in Shades of Sepia at Love Bytes Reviews.

6/9/21 – At Ally Lester‘s today blogging about historical research and how real events inspire plot for Comes a Horseman.

1/9/21 – At the Paranormal Romance Guild blogging about the influence of friendship in Comes a Horseman.

30/8/21 – At Charlie Cochrane’s blogging about protagonists and antagonists in Comes a Horseman.

25/8/21 – At Fiona Glass’ blogging about researching the locations in Comes a Horseman.

At Two Men Are Better Than One with a flash fic set after Echoes Rising.

19/8/21 – My August post at Love Bytes Reviews is about bidding adieu to the Echoes Rising characters.

17/8/21 – Interviewed by The Paranormal Romance Guild as part of their From the Desk of… series.

19/7/21 – July post at Love Bytes Reviews is about formatting books, and there’s also a look inside a piano.

14/7/21 – At Coffee Time Romance & More’s Coffee Thoughts blog with some behind the scenes insights into my books.

10/7/21 – At Coffee Time Romance and More as part of their Show It Off Saturday series.

7/7/21 – Interviewed by Andy Gallo as part of his Author Chat with Andy series.

19/6/21 – My post at Love Bytes Reviews this month is about writing being a marathon, not a sprint.

19/5/21 – I’m looking for a new thesaurus as part of my post at Love Bytes Reviews this month.

19/4/21 – My April post at Love Bytes Reviews is about the fine line between self-care and getting things done.

20/3/21 – Blogging about writing the Echoes Rising series at Dawn’s Reading Nook

19/3/21 – My March post at Love Bytes Reviews is about exploring new territories, and expanding my audience reach.

26/2/21 – At McKenna Dean‘s about writing about an ensemble cast and language barriers.

25/2/21 – Blogging at Fiona Glass‘ about Winter Duet and taking the scenic route.

19/2/21 – February’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is about music in my fiction, and the use of music code in Winter Duet.

29/1/21 – Interviewed by PageTuner magazine.

19/1/21 – My monthly post at Love Bytes Reviews takes a peek at 2021 with more detail.

18/1/21 – Blogging at Dawn’s Reading Nook about looking back at what I’d published in 2020, and forward to 2021.

2020
19/12/10 – My December post at Love Bytes Reviews looks back at 2020.

6/12/20 – Blogging at Fiona Glass’ about Shadowboxing and reserching a time and place I’ve never been.

30/11/20 – Interviewed by A.L. Lester with some questions about Shadowboxing.

19/11/20 – Shadowboxing at Anne Butler’s and characters who take over.

16/11/20 – Blogging at McKenna Dean’s about inspiration and research for Shadowboxing.

8/11/20 – Sharing an excerpt at Sadie’s Spotlight for Shadowboxing.

5/11/20 – Interviewed at Dawn’s Reading Nook about writing historicals, Shadowboxing characters, and what’s next.

25/10/20 – Interviewed at Love Bytes Reviews as part of the Saturday Special series.

19/10/20 – This month’s post over at Love Bytes Reviews is called Into The Past and about heading back into historical fiction with the republishing of my WWII Echoes Rising series. Lou Sylvre and I are also busy plotting the next in our historical Scottish fantasy series Magic in the Isles.

30/9/20 – An interview with Simon from The Sleepless City at Dawn’s Reading Nook.

19/9/20 – Accountability is the theme of this month’s post at Love Bytes Reviews.

19/8/20 – This month’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is about planners – online and paper – and collaborative projects.

7/8/20 – Blogging about the inspiration for the Scottish part of The Harp and the Sea at Boy Meets Boy Reviews.

6/8/20 – Read an exclusive excerpt from The Harp and the Sea at Bayou Book Junkie as part of the tour.

5/8/20 – Lou and I are over at The Blogger Girls talking about our adventures co-writing The Harp and the Sea as part of our tour with IndiGo Marketing & Design.

4/8/20 – A joint interview with Lou Sylvre at Love Bytes Reviews as part of our blog tour for The Harp and the Sea.

19/7/20 – This month’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is my last month which has been a mix of busy day job and juggling two new releases.

19/6/20 – This month’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is about juggling writing/editing while back at work onsite full time.

19/5/20 – My May post over at Love Bytes Reviews is about my writing journey the past month, moving into level 2, and I’m sharing the cover for the new edition of Shadowboxing.

19/4/20 – My Love Bytes Reviews post this month is about balancing writing, editing, and everything else.

19/3/20 – In my post at Love Bytes Reviews this month I’m blogging about our Kiwi Author meet up last month aka World Domination™, and the next step forward in my repubbing journey.

29/2/20 – I’m revisiting Sunset at Pencarrow at Andy Gallo‘s with my co-author Lou Sylvre.

19/2/20 – Find out why March is the New January as part of this month’s post at Love Bytes Reviews

14/2/20 – At Jackie Keswick’s blogging about co-authoring Sunset at Pencarrow with Lou Sylvre.

At Because Two Men Are Better Than One” blogging about Kiwi Slang and Sunset at Pencarrow with Lou Sylvre.

At Nic Starr‘s blogging about the fun Lou Sylvre and I had writing Sunset at Pencarrow which is set in New Zealand.

19/1/20 – Blogging at Love Bytes Reviews about when real life attacks and teasing the upcoming cover reveal for Sunset at Pencarrow co-written with Lou Sylvre.

10/1/20 – At Jackie Keswick‘s blogging about re-editing Slow Dreaming for publication.

1/1/20 – At Andrew Q. Gordon‘s blogging about why Slow Dreaming is a story dear to my heart.

2019
19/12/19 – This month’s blog post at Love Bytes Reviews is about taking the first step in my publication journey with Slow Dreaming now out in the world, plus my shiny new publishing logo, and excitement about being an attending author at GLO. Read the post here

19/11/19 – This month’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is another step along my hybrid author journey. I’m also sharing my cover by M Designs for the 2nd edition of Slow Dreaming. Read the post here

19/10/19 – October’s Love Bytes Reviews post is about the start of my journey as a hybrid author, and using Canva to make images. You can read it here.

19/9/19 – September’s Love Bytes Reviews post is about my trip to Christchurch for the RWNZ Conference. You can read the post here

19/8/19 – This month’s Love Bytes Reviews post is preparing for the upcoming RWNZ Conference, The Harp and the Sea news, and thinking about becoming a hybrid author. You can read the post here.

23/7/19 – Interviewed by Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead

19/7/19 – This month at Love Bytes Reviews I’m blogging about my visit from fellow Kiwi author Gillian St. Kevern.

19/6/19 – My Monthly Love Bytes Reviews post for June is about Writing What You Know vs Research.

23/5/19 – I’m the featured author on Takeover Thursday on the RWNZ FB page. Read the post here

19/5/19 – There is a lot of exciting stuff going on for rainbow readers and writers down under. Read about it in my May post at Love Bytes Reviews.

19/4/19 – My post at Love Bytes Reviews this month is a report on the recent Wellington Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo.

6/4/19 – Blogging at Love Bytes Reviews a part of their 6 year anniversary.

4/4/19 – Interviewed by NZ author Jamie Sands. Read it here

19/3/19 – My blog post for March over at Love Bytes Reviews is about starting a new story – A Wind of Roses.

19/2/19 – February’s blog post over at Love Bytes Reviews is about changing lanes AKA writing more than one book at once.

19/1/19 – My first blog post of the year at Love Bytes Reviews is about my very positive alpha reading experience so far with Gillian St. Kevern.

2018
20/12/18 – Blogging about On Wings of Song at Grace R. Duncan’s as part of her Throwback Thursday series.

19/12/18 – It seemed fitting to finish the year over at Love Bytes Reviews with a post about 2018.

19/11/18 – As it’s November and NaNoWriMo time, my monthly blog post over at Love Bytes Reviews is about juggling routines and finding writing time.

27/10/18 – I’ve been interviewed by the lovely Nicki J. Markus (who also writes as Asta Idonea), and had the opportunity to do a little promo for Prelude to Love as an added bonus. Read the post here

19/10/18 – I’m blogging over at Love Bytes Reviews this month about filling the well – aka strategies for writing health when life is a little too hetic.

19/9/18 – My monthly Love Bytes Reviews blog post for September is about the Creative Youth writing workshops and the library, and also looks back at how writing – and publishing – has changed.

19/8/18 – My blog post for August at Love Bytes Reviews is a report about this year’s RWNZ Conference in Auckland, which I attended earlier in the month.

19/7/18 – I’m blogging about following in characters’ footsteps for this month at Love Bytes Reviews

19/6/18 – My monthly post at Love Bytes Reviews for June reflects the month I’ve had and is called Rolling With Life’s Punches.

19/5/18 – I’m blogging about how time flies, looking at the past month and the next few at Love Bytes this month.

19/4/18 – My monthly post at Love Bytes Reviews is about geeky stuff and writing beginnings…

12/4/18 – Playing interview roulette at Kim Fielding’s

27/3/18 – At Jamie Sands’ blogging about why I write historicals

22/3/18 – At Andy Gallo’s blogging about my first time.

19/3/18 – March’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is a look back at the past month, and the heatwave here in NZ.

19/2/18 – February’s post at Love Bytes Reviews is about spreading the word aka why I review.

10/2/18 – Interviewed by Kayleigh Sky

19/1/18 – My first post at the year at Love Bytes Reviews is about my great start to the year. Not. And what I’m looking forward to in 2018.

12/1/18 – Sharing my soundtrack – with youtube links – for Prelude to Love at Nic Starr’s.

11/1/18 – At Anna Butler‘s blogging about writing a contemporary and Prelude to Love.

10/1/18 – Sharing a scene commentary for Prelude to Love at the Dreamspinner Press Blog.

9/1/18 – At Boy Meets Boy Reviews blogging about Operation Matchmaker in Prelude to Love.

8/1/18 – Sharing an excerpt of Prelude to Love at Because Two Men are Better Than One.

Blogging about opposites attract in Prelude to Love at The Kimi-Chan Experience

5/1/18 – At My Fiction Nook blogging about the origins of Prelude to Love.

4/1/18 – At Love Bytes Reviews sharing an exclusive excerpt from Prelude to Love.

3/1/18 – At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words blogging about research ice creams and Prelude to Love.

At fellow Kiwi author’s Gillian St Kevern‘s blogging about locations -with photos – in Prelude to Love.

2/1/18 – Over at Happily Ever Chapter today blogging about choosing the title for Prelude to Love

2017
31/10/17 – Over at Thianna Durston‘s sharing an excerpt from Prelude to Love as part of her Coming Soon Sunday series.

19/12/17 – My monthly post at Love Bytes takes its title from the lyrics of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ as I look back at the year that is coming to a close.

16/12/17 – Blogging about WWI, The 1914 Christmas Truce, and On Wings of Song as part of the #MMhistoricalsHolidaySale here

5/12/17 – Prelude to Love is part of this month’s Kermit Flail

30/11/17 – My final post at Authors Speak is called ‘Till We Meet Again,’ because as one door closes another will open. Watch this space.

19/11/17 – My November monthly post at Love Bytes Reviews is about writing and music, and is in part inspired by the orchestra concert I played in last night.

15/11/17 – At Love Bytes Reviews with my cover reveal for Prelude to Love.

At Aisling Mancy‘s with some guests blogging about what’s next for me writing wise, and in the Hidden Places series as the last stop in my One Word blog tour.

14/11/17 – At the Dreamspinner Press Blog with some special guests as part of my blog tour for One Word.

13/11/17 – At The Novel Approach Reviews with a commentary on a short scene from One Word.

11/11/17 – At Nic Starr’s blogging about choreographing fight scenes with plushies for One Word. There are photos!

10/11/17 – Sharing a deleted scene from One Word over at Boy Meets Boy Reviews as part of my blog tour.

9/11/17 – I’m over at Love Bytes Reviews sharing an exclusive except from One Word.

Also at the Dreamreaders of Dreamspinner Press’s FB group sharing my top 5 places to go to in Wellington.

8/11/17 – At Happily Ever Chapter blogging about the quotes at the beginning of my Hidden Places series as part of my blog tour for One Word.

7/11/17 – Interviewed at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words as part of the One Word blog tour.

6/11/17 – I’m chatting about Easter Eggs at Top to Bottom Reviews.

Interviewed at Gay Book Promotions.

Blogging about writing a side novel to a series at Book Reviews and More by Kathy

Dropping by Two Men Are Better Than One

And part of Amy Lane’s Kermit Flail for November.

5/11/17 – At Thianna D. Durston’s as part of her Coming Soon Sunday series with an excerpt from One Word.

3/11/17 – Over at Open Skye Book Reviews blogging about One Word and Genre Crossing.

19/10/17 – My monthly post at Love Bytes Reviews is about forks in the road. Read the full post here.

5/10/17 – At Grace R. Duncan‘s blogging about Cat’s Quill as part of her Throwback Thursday series.

3/10/17 – Cover Reveal for One Word at Love Bytes Reviews

19/9/17 – My post at Love Bytes this month is about food and fiction.

16/9/17 – Interviewed by Nicki J. Markus/Asta Idonea.

30/8/17 – My post for August over at Authors Speak is about life after finishing a blog tour….

28/8/17 – Over at C.S. Poe’s as part of her Monday Feature. Thanks for hosting me. Check out my interview, and some inside information – and a photo – about my writing space here

19/8/17 – Read my monthly post over at Love Bytes Reviews and find out ‘what’s tingling my molecules’.

10/8/17 – I’m being interviewed by Lucy Marker today as part of the tour for Comes a Horseman. Insightful questions by someone who has read the book!

I’m sharing an exclusive excerpt today at Divine Magazine as part of my blog tour for Comes a Horseman.

9/8/17 – At Aisling Mancy‘s today blogging about protagonists and antagonists and a matter of perspective as part of the Comes a Horseman tour.

8/8/17 – At Amy Lane’s as part of her Kermit Flail for August.

7/8/17 – I’m at My Fiction Nook as part of my tour for Comes a Horseman. This week is the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and my post is titled Lest We Forget.

5/8/17 – At Top 2 Bottom Reviews blogging about location, location, and research that went into setting a story in France in 1944.

4/8/17 – At Nic Starr’s as part of her #friendlyfriday series blogging about the chess analogy in Echoes Rising series. You can read Pawn Takes Knight here.

I’m blogging about my musical journey for Comes a Horseman at Alpha Book Club. There’s also youtube links so you can hear the music. Check out the post here.

3/8/17 – I’m over at Andrew Q. Gordon’s blogging about working with history when writing historical fiction.

And I’ve written a flash fiction called Resisting the Enemy which takes place many years after the events of Echoes Rising. You can read that one at the DSP Publications blog.

2/8/17 – At Love Bytes Reviews blogging about following your heart and Comes a Horseman.

1/8/17 – At Two Men Are Better Than One sharing an excerpt from Comes a Horseman.

At The Novel Approach and being interviewed for Genre Talk about Comes a Horseman.

31/7/17 – At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words blogging about Comes a Horseman, and bidding adieu to a series.

30/7/17 – Over at Thianna Durston’s sharing an excerpt from Comes a Horseman as part of her Coming Soon Sunday series.

25/7/17 – I’m at MM Good Book Reviews blogging about Comes a Horseman and the influence of friendship.

23/7/17 – Over at J. Scott Coatsworth’s as part of his author spotlight series.

19/7/17 – My monthly post at Love Bytes Reviews is an invitation to NZ Rainbow Romance writers.

12/7/17 – Playing Interview Roulette over at Kim Fielding’s

6/7/17 – 1st of the DSPP Genre Talk discussions on FB. Today’s question is: What intrigues me most is knowing where the idea of the story comes from, and if it is something the author views as a whole, complete, or instead changes and develops during the process of writing?

30/6/17 – My monthly post at Authors Speak for June is a writer’s slice of life.

19/6/17 – Lou is over at Aisling Mancy‘s at the final stop at our Sunset at Pencarrow blog tour taking a quick journey following the tyre tracks and footprints of our reluctant lovers, Rusty and Nate.

I’m over at Love Bytes Reviews for my regular monthly post. This month’s topic is fantasy. I’d love to know your favourites and what draws you to the genre.

15/6/17 – Lou Sylvre is over at Rhys Ford‘s today making Afghan Biscuits. Hmmm, love those. Check out the post – with a link to the recipe – and an excerpt from Sunset at Pencarrow

12/6/17 – I’m over at fellow Kiwi Gillian St. Kevern‘s today blogging about why I wanted to set a story in New Zealand and why I jumped at the opportunity to write one with Lou Sylvre.

9/6/17 – Two more stops on the Sunset at Pencarrow tour:
Lou’s at the Dreamspinner Press Blog making a Kiwi treat – lamingtons.

And I’m at Nic Starr’s blogging about Kiwisms.

8/6/17 – Read our joint author interview at Scattered Thought and Rogue Words as part of the Sunset at Pencarrow Blog Tour. Join Lou and I as we answer questions about writing, characters, and their story.

7/6/17 – Release Day Blitz for Sunset at Pencarrow:
Lou’s over at Love Bytes Reviews for her regular monthly post pondering whether music is her muse, and giving the answers for the NZ quiz questions I asked yesterday. Read the post here.

I’m over at Top2Bottom Reviews blogging about my experience in co-writing Sunset at Pencarrow with Lou. Read that post here.

Lou’s sharing an exclusive excerpt from Rusty’s POV at Open Skye Book Reviews.

And finally we’re at Two Men Are Better Than One sharing an excerpt – this time from Nate’s POV.

6/6/17 – Lou and I are over at Love Bytes Reviews with some NZ Quiz questions as part of our blog tour for Sunset at Pencarrow.

5/6/17 – Sunset at Pencarrow is part of Amy Lane’s Kermit Flail for this month. Check out the post here.

Lou are I are interviewing Nate and Rusty from Sunset at Pencarrow at Alpha Book Club

Lou and I are over at Thianna Durston’s sharing an excerpt from Sunset at Pencarrow as part of her Coming Soon Sunday series.

2/6/17 – Lou Sylvre is at The Novel Approach Reviews with a letter from Rusty from our co-written Sunset at Pencarrow.

1/6/17 – Lou and I are at Divine Magazine as part of our blog tour for Sunset at Pencarrow, sharing an exclusive excerpt from the story.

31/5/17 – Lou Sylvre is over at MM Good Book Reviews teasing the readers with a few snippets from Sunset at Pencarrow.

30/5/17 – My monthly blog post for May at Authors Speak is about blog tours.

19/5/17 – Blogging at Love Bytes Reviews about Genre Crossing ie books that don’t stick to just one genre.

10/5/17 – At Love Bytes Reviews with Lou Sylvre for the cover reveal for Sunset at Pencarrow.

2/5/17 – At Love Bytes Reviews for the cover reveal for Comes a Horseman.

30/4/17 – Blogging at Authors Speak about Juggling Apples and Oranges, IE everything that comes with writing that isn’t just writing.

19/4/17 – Blogging at Love Bytes Reviews about ANZAC Day and Let We Forget.

19/3/17 – Blogging at Love Bytes Reviews about superheroes.

28/2/17 – Blogging at Authors Speak and looking back at the month as it’s almost over.

19/2/17 – Blogging at Love Bytes Reviews for my first monthly post there!

1/2/17 – Want to read how Tomas and Cathal first met in Cat’s Quill? I’m at Delighted Reader as part of their Great Pick Up Line promotion.

30/1/17 – Blogging at Authors Speak about my recent catch up with fellow Kiwi author Gillian St Kevern.

4/1/17 – Interviewed by Bookaholic as part of her new review site.

2/1/17 – At Amy Lane‘s with Winter Duet for this month’s Kermit Flail.

2016
31/12/16 – Blogging at Authors Speak today about looking back at 2016, and looking forward to the New Year.

30/12/16 – Interviewed by Prism Book Alliance on the 30th. There’s a chance to win an ebook copy of Shadowboxing – book 1 in the series – with that stop on the blog tour.

29/12/16 – At B.A Brock‘s blogging about working on edits for Winter Duet while writing the 3rd book in my WWII Echoes Rising series – Comes a Horseman.

At Gillian St Kevern‘s blogging about how being a Kiwi impacts my writing, which ties in nicely to Winter Duet as there is a New Zealand character in the story – Leo Dawson.

28/12/16 – At The Novel Approach Reviews as part of the Genre Talk interviews chatting about Winter Duet. There’s also a chance to be in to win an ebook copy of book 1 in the series Shadowboxing.

At My Fiction Nook blogging about changing character dynamics in Winter Duet.

27/12/16 – At Love Bytes Reviews as part of the Winter Duet blog tour talking about naming characters.

23/12/16 – At Anna Butler’s with a playlist/soundtrack for Winter Duet. I’ve included youtube clips so you can listen to the music.

21/12/16 – At MM Good Book Reviews blogging about Winter Duet and the dangerous times in which my characters live.

20/12/16 – At Aisling Mancy’s blogging about music in Winter Duet.

19/12/16 – Blogging at Nicki J Markus’ about Winter Duet and writing in series.

At the DSP Publications blog today as part of my tour for Winter Duet sharing a recently discovered top secret dossier from 1944…

15/12/16 – Interviewed by Michael Halfhill as part of my blog tour for Winter Duet. As well the interview I’m sharing an excerpt from the book.

6/12/16 – Interviewed at Nic Starr’s as part of the Holiday Spirit Down Under Blog Tour.

30/11/16 – Blogging at Authors Speak about community.

14/11/16 – At Amber Kell’s today joining in her birthday bash with a short story featuring Simon and Ben from The Sleepless City called Dancing in the Moonlight.

30/10/16 – Blogging at Authors Speak about how much time I spend writing about characters needing to eat and sleep.

30/9/16 – Blogging at Authors Speak about the protagonist’s journey.

30/8/16 – My topic this month at Authors Speak is ‘I left you alone for a week and you did what?’ Check out the post to see what I did get up to…

9/8/16 – Blogging at Brynn Stein’s today for her ‘Monday Meets’ series about a question I’m often asked: What do you do between books?

30/7/16 – Blogging at Authors Speak about the part music plays in my writing.

30/6/16 – Blogging at Authors Speak about co-writing.

3/6/16 – Interviewed by Lucy Marker about Shadowboxing. Very insightful questions, including why I write realistic characters, and strong women, from someone who has read the book.

2/6/16 – Blogging at Andrew Q Gordon‘s today about Shadowboxing and ‘Knights and Pawns’ ie the blurred line between heroes and villains, at least from the villain’s perspective.

Blogging at The Novel Approach Reviews today about Shadowboxing and characters who go their own way. I’ve called the post ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ from a song title, and a miniseries I enjoyed about two musicians in WWII.

1/6/16 – Interviewed at Anna Butler‘s today as part of my Shadowboxing blog tour. She’s asked me not only about the book, but the characters, and my vices!

31/5/16 – Interviewed at The Novel Approach as part of DSPP’s Genre Talk series.

Blogged about Shadowboxing and my love of stationery at Love Bytes Reviews.

30/5/16 – Blogging at My Fiction Nook about Shadowboxing and ‘Location Location’.

30/5/16 – Blogging in the first of a regularly monthly spot at Lou Sylvre’s Authors Speak on ‘Juggling Deadlines’ and also sharing an excerpt from Shadowboxing.

29/5/16 – At Thianna Thurston‘s as part of her Coming Soon Sunday series and sharing an excerpt from Shadowboxing.

27/5/16 – Blogging at Aisling Mancy’s about Shadowboxing and writing in series.

24/5/16 – Blogging at MM Good Book Reviews about Shadowboxing and Burning The Candle At Both Ends – writing book 3 of a series as the 2nd edition of book 1 is released.

15/5/16 – Interviewed at Prism Book Alliance as part of their Retro Reads series for Cat’s Quill.

7/1/16 – Blogging about Echoes Rising at Clare London’s for her birthday blog celebrations.

2015
14/12/15- Blogging at Brynn Stein’s about On Wings of Song and anniversaries.

2/12/15 – Blogging at Rick R. Reed’s about Cat’s Quill.

18/11/15 – Interviewed by Molly Lolly. I chose to highlight Cat’s Quill as I’ve recently finished the side novel.

13/11/15 – Blogging at Kim Fielding‘s today about On Wings of Song. This is part of her Eat Your Alligator series, which aims to tempt readers to try a genre they’d usually shy away from.

19/10/15 – Interviewed by Gillian St Kevern about vampires.

18/9/15 – Blogging at Kim Fielding‘s about Winter Duet as part of her ‘Blast from the Past’ series.

29/7/15 – Blogging at Charlie Cochet’s Purple Rose Teahouse today about Family and Reflection and what happens next, not just for the characters in The Sleepless City but in my own writing.

23/7/15 – Blogging at Susan Laine‘s today about soul bonds and my new release Family and Reflection.

20/7/15 – Blogging at Shirley Ozment‘s about Family and Reflection and why the characters are stronger together than apart.

17/7/15 – Blogging at Shira Anthony‘s today about werewolves and my new release Family and Reflection.

15/7/15 – Interviewed by Anna Butler as part of my blog series for Family and Reflection.

10/7/15 – Blogging at Andrew Q. Gordon‘s about Family and Reflection and another perspective aka why I re-introduced Ange. Ben’s friend from New Zealand, in Declan and Lucas’s story.

8/7/15 – Blogging at Elizabeth Noble‘s today about Family and Reflection and writing an ensemble cast.

7/7/15 – Blogging at Chrisssy Munder‘s about Family and Reflection and the theme of Family.

7/7/15 – Blogging over at Dreamspinner Press‘s blog about Family and Reflection, The Sleepless City and writing series.

6/7/15 – Blogging at SJS Peterson‘s about Family and Reflection, world building and the Supernatural Council today as part of her author spotlight series.

5/7/15 – Blogging at Louise Lyon‘s about Family and Reflection and choosing titles.

1/7/15 – Blogging at Lou Sylvre’s about Family and Reflection and easter eggs. I’m not referring to the chocolate goodies associated with the Easter bunny.

18/6/15 – Blogging about Shadowboxing at Sjs Peterson’s today for her Throwback Thursday series.

10/5/15 – Blogging at Delilah Devlin’s on building community as a writer. I’m offering a giveaway of an ebook from my backlist to someone who comments on the post.

5/5/15 – I’m taking part in Joyfully Jay’s Beach Read Bonanza. I’ve blogged about Wellington Beaches and Slow Dreaming.

14/4/15 – Blogging about A Knight to Remember at Lex Chase‘s today as part of her backlist promo series.

8/4/15 – Blogging at ScuttlebuttReviews today about writing about roses in Hidden Places and The Sleepless City series.

25/3/15- ‘Storytime with Angel’ this week features Magic’s Muse. Pull up a chair and listen to Angel Martinez read an excerpt from the story here.

24/3/15 – Interviewed by Tempeste O’Riley. Interesting questions, and I’m sharing the blurbs for my upcoming The Sleepless City book, Family and Reflection, and my current WIP One Word. There’s also an excerpt from Winter Duet. You can read the interview here.

23/3/15 – Visiting Cate Ashwood’s as part of her Bucketlist Interview series. Drop by, and be in to win by entering the giveaway.

8/3/15 – Over at ZA Maxfield’s having Sunday Brunch and blogging about my guilty pleasure. It will come as no surprise to people who know me that it’s graphic novels.

13/2/15 – Taking part in The Great Pick Up Line today at The Delighted Reader – using the line Simon uses when he meets Ben in ‘Shades of Sepia’. There’s also a draw to win an ebook from my back list.

20/2/15 – At Kim Fielding‘s today as part of her Blast from the Past series, and blogging about why I chose to highlight Magic’s Muse.

16/2/15 – Blogging over at Writers Online Network today on their February theme of First Love or Heartbreak. My post is on First Love.

23/1/15 – Blogging at Chrissy Munder‘s about my writing plans for this year and beyond. I’m blaming dragons for this year…

5/1/15 – Blogging at Charley Descoteaux‘s about ‘On Wings of Song’ and 1920.

3/1/15 – Blogging at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words about the Kiwi connection in my books. This is part of Down Under Showcase month – I’m giving away an ebook from my backlist and there’s a rafflecopter prize for the month.

2/1/15 – Blogging at the ARe Café about ‘On Wings of Song’ and tearooms as they play a big part in the story.

2014
24/12/14 – Blogging at Charlie Cochet’s Purple Rose Tea House about ‘On Wings of Song’ and damaged characters.

23/12/14 – Blogging at Sinfully Sexy Book Reviews about ‘On Wings of Song’ and the Christmas Truce. There’s also a wonderful review and a giveaway.

22/12/14 – Blogging at Shae Connor‘s today about how music plays a role in my writing, and especially in On Wings of Song

19/12/14 – Blogging at Elizabeth Noble‘s today about On Wings of Song and some of the research I did for it.

17/12/14 – Blogging at Grace R Duncan‘s today about literature, silent movies, and On Wings of Song

12/12/14 – Sharing some thoughts about WWI and the 1914 Christmas Truce at Charlie Cochrane‘s.

10/12/14 – Blogging over at Tempe O’Riley‘s about my WWII series, ‘Echoes’. There’s also a blurb for book 3 – ‘Comes a Horseman’ which I’m planning to start writing at the end of next year.

5/12/14 – Cover reveal for On Wings of Song. Big thanks to Sarah Madison, Shira Anthony, Tempeste O’Riley, Andrew Q. Gordon, Charley Descoteaux, and Jana Denardo. I’ve also blogged at Shira’s about the cover, and at Sarah’s about inspiration for the story.

21/10/14 – Blogging over at Queer Romance Month about Why Queer Romance Matters. Links to the other posts celebrating Queer Romance Month are here

15/10/14 – I’m blogging at Chris T Kat‘s today about Winter Duet and choosing titles.

12/10/14 – Blogging at Sinfully Sexy Book Reviews about ‘Winter Duet’ and writing in series. There’s also a wonderful review and giveaway.

6/10/14 – Blogging at Sinfully Sexy Book Reviews about the inspiration and research for ‘Shadowboxing.’ There’s also a wonderful review and giveaway.

3/10/14 – Blogging at All Gay Romance Stories today about ‘Winter Duet’ on the topic of Lovers in a Dangerous Time. The post is also up on Christopher Hawthorne Moss’ site – That’s All I Read

1/10/14 – Interviewed by Charlie Cochrane today. Fun questions about writing, reading, and publishing, and I’m sharing a secret.

23/9/14 – Blogging at Charlie Cochet‘s about Winter Duet and the use of code in music.

19/9/14 – Blogging at Nic Starr‘s about locations in my upcoming release, Winter Duet

2/9/14 – Blogging at Jessica Skye Davies‘ about historicals and some of the reasons I write in that genre.

18/8/14 – I was invited by Gillian St Kevern to take part in the Fabulous Five Blog Hop. You can find my post and answers to the questions on my LJ.

13/8/14 – Tempeste O’Riley‘s series spotlight this week is The Sleepless City. There’s blurbs, and excerpts for the first 4 books – including the two that are still being written.

8/8/14 – Blogging at Grace R. Duncan‘s about my WWII series ‘Echoes’ and sharing an excerpt from my upcoming release ‘Winter Duet’ which is book 2 in the series.

15/6/14 – I’ve been interviewed by Tia Fielding as part of her ’50 questions’ series.

2/4/14 – Interviewed by Lynley Wayne as part of her Wordsmith Wednesday series. Leave a comment and be in to win an ebook copy of ‘Shades of Sepia’.

12/3/14 – Interviewed by Lou Sylvre about my ‘series habit’, The Sleepless City and my current WIPs. There’s also an excerpt from Winter Duet.

17/2/14 – Blogging at Deanna Wadsworth‘s today about Shades of Sepia and choosing titles for my stories.

14/2/14 – Blogging today at JP Barnaby‘s about Shades of Sepia and co-writing The Sleepless City.

13/2/14 – Blogging at Lane Hayes‘ on ‘A Different Perspective of History.’ Simon, from Shades of Sepia, is a vampire and a history professor – it’s an interesting combination.

6/2/14 – Blogging over at Andrew Q Gordon‘s on something I get asked every time I have a new release. When do I get time to write?

6/2/14 – Blogging over at Tempeste O’Riley‘s about graphic novels, why I like to read them and why it’s a blog topic that fits in well with my new release Shades of Sepia.

28/1/14 – Blogging over at Posy Roberts’ today about soundtracks for my upcoming release Shades of Sepia and asking the question: Do you listen to songs and think about characters or stories you’ve written or read?

21/1/14 – An interview with Ben from Shades of Sepia at Brynn Stein‘s. There’s a giveaway – leave a comment for a story suggestion for Ben and/or Simon and I’ll pick one and write 500 words or so.

7/1/14 – Interviewed by Helen Pattskyn 🙂 She asked some very interesting questions across a range of subjects including writing, music, casting The Sleepless City, and reading. Just the subjects I love talking about, and more. Pop over, read the interview, leave a comment, and check out the rest of Helen’s site.

2013
18/12/13 – Taking part in Brita Addams‘ Advent Calendar celebrations. There’s a free short Christmas story Under the Mistletoe for Cat and Tomas from Hidden Places, a recipe for Russian Fudge, and my thoughts on what Christmas means to me

5/12/13 – Blogging at Kim Fielding’s about Kiwi Slang and sharing an excerpt from Shades of Sepia

31/10/13 – Simon – from my upcoming release Shades of Sepia features at Cate Ashwood’s Rap Sheet interviews today. His answers to the questions on the arrest sheet were ‘interesting’, and a lot of fun to answer, although he didn’t think so 😉 There’s also a short bit of fiction to set the scene.

25/9/13 – Blogging over at Charlie Cochet’s The Purple Rose Tea House about a Kiwi in the US. While I haven’t been to there myself I have written several American characters and a Kiwi character there. It wasn’t the stuff I expected that made me go ‘huh’ but the little things…

3/9/13 – Blogging at Chris T Kat’s about Easter eggs. Not the caramel kind, but Easter eggs within stories, TV shows, and movies. Easter egg in this case is another name for intertextuality or the way in which texts relate to each other. In other words― those lovely cameos, or name/place/whatever dropping, in one story from another story by the same author.

22/8/13 – A Knight to Remember featured at Dawn’s Reading Nook.

15/8/13 – Blogging at Tempeste O’Riley’s on the topic of unexpected guests – those characters who turn up in a story, often without warning, and then decide to stick around and stay.

14/8/13 – Blogging at Sarah Madison’s on New Zealand. There’s also photos.

12/8/13 – Blogging at JR Loveless’ on writing heroes (and heroines) who aren’t stereotypes.

10/8/13 – Blogging at ARE Cafe about why I like dragons.

31/7/13 – Blogging at Charley Descoteaux’s about the origins of A Knight to Remember and how it managed to turn itself into a series.

22/7/13 – Interviewed by Lily Sawyer on her blog.

17/7/13 – Interviewed at Long and Short Reviews.

29/6/13 – Interviewed at Lou Sylvre’s as part of the A Knight to Remember release celebrations on the subjects of Music, Magic, Sex. And History.

18/6/13 – Blogging at Skylar M Cates’ on Cliffhangers and sharing an excerpt from A Knight to Remember

12/6/13 – Blogging at ARE Cafe on Why I write M/M as part of their LGBT month celebrations.

5/6/13 – Blogging at Dean Ocean’s on a Stranger in a Strange Land and Cat’s Quill.

9/5/13 – Blogging at Andrew Q. Gordon’s on Plotting vs Pantsing and the illusion of outlines.

25/4/13 –  Blogging at Hayley B James’ about urban fantasy. There’s also a snippet from my current WIP. Shades of Sepia

12/3/13 – I was asked by a fellow m/m author, and friend, Charlie Cochrane, to answer a couple of questions: Can Happy Ever Afters work in m/m Historical fiction and whether too many of them – as is often said – are badly written porn. The resulting post, with my answers and those of others can be found here.

9/3/13 – Interviewed by Cate Ashwood. There’s also an excerpt from ‘A Knight to Remember.’ With a dragon.

5/2/13 – Interviewed by Blak Rayne is today. Jason from Slow Dreaming answers one of the questions and there is an excerpt from that story

2/2/13 – Blogging at Brandon Shire’s about which of my books is my favourite.

26/1/13 – Blogging at Elizabeth Noble‘s on world building, dragons and vampires.

25/1/13 – Interviewed by Sarah Madison –  A Kiwi’s Perspective on writing, romance and Shadowboxing.

20/1/13 – Interviewed by Lex Chase about writing and Shadowboxing.

2012
15/11/12 – Interviewed today at Lou Sylvre‘s blog. Interesting questions about characters, writing, and plans for the future. There’s also an excerpt from Magic’s Muse

10/10/12 – I’ve blogged at Charlie Cochet’s today on writing historical fiction and why I keep coming back to the world wars and those time periods. I’m also discussing Shadowboxing and there’s a hint of what’s to come with that series.

2/9/12 – Chatting at the Dreamspinner Goodreads group

31/8/12 – Blogging today at Jo Myles’ about my writing process.

19/8/12 – Interviewed by H.C Brown for her series In the Hot Seat.

12/6/12 – Blogged at Coffee and Porn in the Morning about time zones and the like.

6/5/12 – Blogged at Lou Sylvre’s about why I like to write SF/fantasy and whumping.

25/4/12 – Interviewed by Karenna Colcroft here.

17/4/12 – Interviewed by Blak Rayne on her blog. A fun mix of writing questions, who’s my favourite character – and I tell you someone is very smug about that one – and some fun.

3/2/12 – Matt, one of the characters from Shadowboxing, shared his thoughts on Valentine’s Day at SJ Peterson’s blog.

2/2/12 – To Angst or Not to Angst – my thoughts on the subject at Dawn’s Reading Nook, complete with a excerpt from Shadowboxing.

1/2/12 – Tomas, Cathal and Christian from Cat’s Quill interviewed each other over at Karenna Colcroft’s.

30/1/12 – Chatted at Dreamspinner’s Goodreads page, about Shadowboxing and other things that came up in the conversation.  Check it out.

23/1/12 – Guest blogged at Clare London’s to celebrate her birthday.

10/1/12 – Blogged at Guys Like Romance Too about first times.

2011
21/12/11 – Christmas in New Zealand at Whipped Cream.

18/11/11 – Five author interview with Coffee Unicorns at Lou Sylvre’s.

11/8/11 – Jo Peterson interviewed me as part of her New Author Sunday series.

30/6/11 – Charlie Cochrane interviewed me at her Livejournal. You can read it here.

3/6/11 – Sue Brown interviewed me here.