A little over a year ago, my husband, Ron, was diagnosed with prostate cancer. It's made for a very difficult time for us, and we're just emerging, slightly shellshocked, from a month of daily radiotherapy treatments.

I've been reluctant to try self-publishing, but have finally taken the plunge. I am happy with the results,

I must admit a preference to reading paper books. There is something about the feel of them, and especially, the smell of old books. However, I've recently discovered the joy of ebooks.

Making a living from writing is not easy. Even when your work is published, rates of pay are often very low, and many sites don't pay, or pay token amounts. One method is to Ghostwrite for someone else.

I've been reflecting on my writing journey since the publication of my novel Sakhira, and thought it worth writing about.

Today, my novel Sakhira as been published. It's a landmark moment, and it's taken literally years of blood and sweat (and a few tears) to get to this point. I will write in more detail about the process, but for now, I wanted to announce the great news.

Many of the great characters in literature have epic names, names that roll off the tongue, evocative of the worlds in which they live: Arthelais (Rebel Moon); Gandalf (Lord of the Rings); Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones); Aslan (The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe); Falkor (The Neverending Story); Pantalaimon (...