This week I am so grateful to be back "home" in Glastonbury, the mystical Isle of Avalon With thanks… Friday November 4… NaNoWriMo day 4 – 628 words… Today I am grateful for coming home – to our home away from home… The day dawned soft and silver and wet, and we packed up our
Travelling from Wales to England, via a few more ancient monuments, to stay in the place where Jane Austen lived – the perfect place to start writing for NaNoWriMo :-) With thanks… Tuesday November 1… NaNoWriMo day 1 – 1033 words… Today I am grateful for the kindness of strangers… It wasn’t our favourite morning
Heading down south and into the mists. So much myth and magic in Wales... With thanks… Thursday October 27… Today I am grateful for perseverance (cue Terrorvision song)… I was sad to leave Anglesey this morning, and it seemed it was sad to see us go too (ha!), cos the clouds were low and black,
Beautiful Anglesey, off the north west coast of Wales, aka Ynys Mon, the Druid’s Isle... With thanks… Sunday October 23… Today I am grateful for an awesome day with Juz, exploring the Neolithic monuments of Ynys Môn (Anglesey) – this island has the highest concentration of prehistoric sites in Wales – and enjoying the gorgeous
The beautiful Pembrokeshire coastline was gorgeous, and there were a few significant ancient monuments too... With thanks… Tuesday October 18… When we get home we’ll laugh about today, and how awful it was. I hope. People think travelling is so glamorous, so fun all the time, but there are bad days, and frustrating days, and
After a long plane trip to London, our excellent adventure begins! With thanks… Saturday October 15… Wishing everyone much love, joy and magic on this beautiful full moon night. May its sweet light illuminate you with inspiration and inner wisdom this month, and inspire you to work towards your dreams and goals... We're on a
The first two weeks of October were a crazy chaotic mess of magazine deadlines, last-minute booking for our magical trip to Wales, BodyCombat every day, and spending as much time as possible with Mum, who was here for a few days before we left… Saturday October 1… New moon blessings! Wishing everyone love, joy, inspiration
This month I am grateful for a beautiful eleventh anniversary with my beloved, to everyone who sponsored me for Steptember, and for the Into the Mists Trilogy ebook becoming available... With thanks… Thursday September 1… H&C day 25 – 13,322 steps… New moon blessings… Wishing everyone all the love, energy and inspiration of the new
Wishing everyone so much love, joy and magic on this beautiful full moon night. May its sweet light illuminate you with inspiration and inner wisdom this month, and inspire you to work towards your dreams and goals, and may you harness the energy of the eclipse for a little extra enchantment... Bright blessings xx The
Are you obsessed with all the books in a series being the same size, format and style? I used to do different editions of my novels, one for Australia, which was slightly smaller, and one for international – but it was taking more than a month to redesign and re-edit into the new format –
Wishing everyone all the love, energy and inspiration of the new moon, and the solar eclipse, and the passion and power to begin whatever it is you’ve been longing to manifest into the world... May the coming month unfold with all the promise and potential you seek, and you work hard to make your dreams
This month I am grateful to my sweet hubby for doing the 40 Hour Famine with me, and to everyone who sponsored us... With thanks… Monday August 1… Pump… Today I am grateful that I squeezed in a Pump workout before work… I’m glad I got lots done at the magazines – sent a mag
This month I am grateful for my Camp NaNoWriMo buddies, glad I got so much work done on Into the Storm, and happy my ankle kinda healed so I could get back to my BodyPump and BodyCombat hybrid... With thanks… Friday July 1… Camp NaNoWriMo day 1 – 2000 words… Happy Day 1 of Camp
This month I am grateful for a trip to Perth for my first Supanova there – and a chance to visit my family – and to Juz for helping me so much with, well, everything, and to Selina for a fun Sydney Supanova... With thanks… Wednesday June 1… Today I am grateful for the beauty
Wishing all my friends in the south a magical, blessed Yule, and those in the north an inspiring, energising summer solstice. The winter solstice is about the re-emergence of light from the dark, so it is a celebration of the earth – and our – renewal. Symbolically and energetically it’s a time to honour your
This month I am grateful for Body Pump and Body Combat, for a visit from a faraway friend, for the release of the beautiful hardcover Into the Mists Trilogy, for an awesome four days at the Mind Body Spirit Festival, and a fun online launch with author Felicity Pulman... With thanks… Sunday May 1… Today
Out On A Leash New Idea – national weekly magazine An interview with Hollywood legend and spiritual author Shirley MacLaine. She’s an Oscar-winning actress, but Shirley MacLaine is also an acclaimed author, who has inspired millions of people with stories of her own spiritual search. Books such as Out on a Limb and Dancing in
It's been a crazy four days at the Mind Body Spirit Festival – not to mention a crazy night at the online launch I shared with Felicity Pulman – and I'm feeling a little drained. But I'm also so very grateful that I met so many lovely people, and sold so many books, and got
What is her name? Carlie (named for the goddess Kali) Parker. She’s the main character in Into the Mists and its sequels Into the Dark and Into the Light, and the story is told from her point of view… Is she a fictional/historical character? She’s fictional, although many of the rituals she takes part in
