It isn’t often I do a ‘looking back at the past year’ type post, but this has been such a bonkers year (both personally and professionally) I thought, why not?

At end of 2021, I was seriously considering giving up writing. I had spent almost the entire year writing a literary fiction book that I knew wasn’t right and that highly likely wouldn’t attract any interest from agents and publishers. As a last-ditch attempt to get my writing mojo back, I decided to write something different, quite unlike anything I’d written before. Something that I would enjoy writing, that I could have fun with. The type of thing I enjoyed reading myself. Hence, my first attempt at writing a psychological thriller.

A little over six months later, that book, now entitled THE WEEKEND ALONE, gained me a publishing contract with HQ Stories, an imprint of Harper Collins, and is the first of two thrillers I’ll be releasing this year. If someone had told me that would happen in 2021, I’m not sure I’d have believed it.

How life can change in just the space of twelve months.

A few weeks ago, I got to hold a paperback copy of THE WEEKEND ALONE in my hands for the first time. It really is difficult to describe how it feels when a project you’ve put your heart and soul into, especially when you’ve been writing as long as I have, finally comes to fruition.

To those of you who have already pre-ordered, thank you so much for your support. It is truly appreciated. To those who would like to order, THE WEEKEND ALONE is available to pre-order now at all the usual retailers, including Amazon, Waterstones, WHSmith and Blackwell’s.

The e-book and audiobook will be released on 11th January 2023 and the paperback will be released on 19th January 2023.

Not long to go now!

Happy New Year everyone. I wish you all the best for 2023!! xx