Today, I'd love you to meet my good friend and fellow mystery writer, Robin Castle. I could spend a long time telling you all about her...

Hello, and welcome back! This week, I have the first of two author interviews I'm going to share with you this month. It will hopefully...

I'm head-down in edits for the next book in the series at the moment, and because I literally can't wait to share it with you, I thought...

This post did NOT appear as part of the original challenge, I wrote it when I used these challenge posts as a welcome gift for my...

*** Spoiler Alert *** This scene —or at least, a variation on this—is in the series. In fact, at the time of writing this post, I'm...

‘Oh, there you are,’ said Lucas, stepping into the snow-blanketed garden behind Mrs Jenkins’ house. ‘What are you doing out here?’...

Uh... Hello. Saffron here. I kinda have a problem with this prompt, so no little story I'm afraid. You see, technically Lucas is my MC...

‘Good grief,’ exclaimed Lucas, staring aghast at the, the thing Clara was leading along on a piece of string. ‘What is that?’ ‘This is...

You ever start something that seems like a really good idea, only to find it really isn't? Yeah. That's where I'm at with this. I made it...

‘Would you stop doing that?’ said Lucas peevishly, putting out flamed on the hem of his robe for the umpteenth time. ‘Sorry,’ said Clara...

Look, obviously I'm biased and think you should read this book. I love it - which is handy, as I've read it approximately eleventy...

Oh deary deary me. What can I say about Tommy? Well, not much, as it happens, because he kind of stole the show in books 2 and 3, and I...

‘Uh, Saffron?’ said Lucas, his voice disappearing into the hot, musty darkness. ‘Where are we?’ Guess. ‘That’s not fair,’ complained...

Clara Jenkins originally ended up in the story as a bit of romantic tension, and a source of conflict between Lucas and her brother...

Ah, Lucas. I had to start these with him, didn't I? Not that he appreciates it, of course. He really doesn't like the limelight, doesn't...

The more pedantic amongst you will be thinking that there are a lot of things in this world that my book is not. It's not a ten-tonne...

I spend a long time on that title, and there was literally no way to make it sound less bad. Of course, Lucas thinks the problem with...

‘No,’ said Lucas, folding his arms and turning away from me. ‘Nuh-huh. No way.’ ‘Lucas, don’t be silly,’ says I, trying not to sound like...

It's no secret that writers would rather be, well, writing, than talking about their books. In fact, most writers would rather walk...

‘Hitchhiking?’ said Lucas. ‘At Christmas? Have you gone insane? We’ll freeze to death before anyone gives us a lift.’ ‘Probably,’ said...