Sigh... I thought I would do an art journal page, and I wanted a bright and colorful background. So I sprayed some ink, and added some water and walked away, because just like when you do resin, you have no idea how the page will dry. The plan was to add some form of design,

Sometimes you just have to appreciate the beauty of a good day. What's it like where you are today?

Lamont (Hellhound Collar series) decided to treat himself to a lovely meal at Pier888 on the Nile. Just looking at the pictures made me feel hungry, lol.

They worked - they worked - I'm still thinking about adding some touches to bring out the dragon with paint pens, but they didn't combust and ruin the mold, lol.

That moment when you do a full pour in a deep mold with art resin, and you just pray the exotherm gods are busy wrecking someone else's creation today. Technically, this should not work... but for some reason I hope that they will, lol.

I was having a lengthy chat with Holly the other day and we were talking about doing ficlets/short stories based on characters I've already written. Something like a "day in the life" or something like that. Which characters of mine would you like to see more of?

#TinyTeaser - Devon and Wren's story - Cuddles for the Bear - is now live and I'm quietly, not so quietly, hoping everyone will enjoy it. I truly adore the men at Assassin's Alley. “He won’t hurt me.” Devon had to trust that was true. No matter what form Wren was in, his animal side…sides…

I threw some leftover resin in here, and it actually came out nice - do you think I should highlight the tree branches in a dark brown or gold, for example to make them stand out, or keep them the way they are?

#ThrowbackThursday - I know I should've been thinking about the Assassin's Alley series at the moment, seeing as book 3 - Cuddles for the Bear - has just come out, but I'm always thinking ahead lol, and I got to thinking about Loki's story which is where we met Ru and Ty. But in Loki's story,

Does anyone else do this? When I get a new resin mold, I tend to mix up some random colors and pour them, just to see what the mold looks like when it's cured. I did these ones recently and I'm already getting ideas on what I can do with them - maybe transluscent tints in the resin to make

I do love my gelli plate, and when I pull them out, I tend to go a bit overboard, but these textures have come out so well, and will make great collage pieces, covers, or even (with additions) pieces of art in their own right.

It's been a quiet week for me, as there have been a few things I've been dealing with IRL. If you've seen my video, or read my post on Patreon the past week (available to free members, too) then you'll know what I mean. But today I was wondering what you've been up to. For some reason

#TinyTeaser - Some of the lovely comments I've had about Devon and Wren's story (Cuddles for the Bear) on my Patreon is about the growth Wren and Devon went through over the course of the story. Especially for Wren when you think about where he came from...

Curled up with a book, immersing myself in other worlds is one of my favorite ways to spend the day. What have you been up to this week?

#ThrowbackThursday - I was looking for clipart on Creative Fabrica yesterday - I just found out I could print and cut with my disused cricut machine eliminating the need for fussy cutting - and I saw this. Doesn't this remind you of Marty from Strawberries to Share?

OMG, it's live, it's live - Devon and Wren's story - Cuddles for the Bear, book 3 in the Assassin's Alley - is live. I do hope you enjoy this story. Both Devon and Wren grew so much and really tugged at my heart. www.amazon.com/dp/B0G12KZ5Y4

Hi everyone, as I'm technically on holiday, I'm looking for book recommendations. I realized the last time I had read an MM+++ was "The Chosen One" by Macy Blake. While I'll definitely be doing a re-read of that series in the next few days,

Well, this didn't turn out the way I anticipated, but hopefully @PeterFox can do something with it. Yes, it's another resin blank, but I used a plastic water bottle as my "mold" and the plastic did not like the heat of resin curing, lol. #Resinwentwrong.

First inspo board for 2026 titles - always thinking ahead, lol. I'm looking at extending Shiloh and Corbyn's story from a recent anthology, a new Hellhound Collar series featuring Lamont this time, and a new Arranged Marriage series - the pics for that are inspiration only at this point.

Sometimes I just go looking online for things to make me smile :) Hope you're having a wonderful day

#TinyTeaser - Devon and Wren's story - my November release - was a bit of a roller coaster and for me, turned out to be one of my favorite stories I'd written this year. While I love fated mate stories where the two characters click right away, there are other situations where that doesn't

I haven't been well this past two weeks, so I haven't been online as much as I could've been. What have I missed? How are things going with you?

#ThrowbackThursday - As you know if you've seen any of my posts in the last month or so, I've been writing Apollo's story from the Gods series. And - as I do when I'm writing a story from a series - I couldn't help thinking about other stories in that series. The other night, I was randomly

I did it - I still have to do a read through, but I typed "The End" on Apollo's story which means it will be going to the editors. My last book of the year. It feels good. Now I can take a few days off and starting planning next year's schedule. Any suggestions?

I often feel I have a good handle on modern technology, but this afternoon I was using the streetview option on Google to check out downtown Denver, and I had the impression I was blocking traffic, lol. LOL. #authorreasearch #writerlife

Look at what my lovely daughter, Holly, bought me as a "love you and thinking of you" gift. You all know I am a huge Snoopy fan, and these will look lovely on my tree this year. So... when is the acceptable time to put up the Christmas tree? (Asking for a friend :) )

#TinyTeaser - my new release this month is Devon's story from the Assassin's Alley series. If you remember from the epilogue of book 2, he got a disturbing message from his online friend. Finding him wasn't going to be easy, thanks to online anonymity. Here's a wee snippet - sorry, not so wee,

Months ago I backed a Kickstarter for the artist Slew - he runs a non-profit art studio in NYC. I could never hope to visit, but I did purchase his Primordial book through the Kickstarter. It arrived. I'm so happy with it. If you're keen on learning more about him,

#ThrowbackThursday - As you know by now I'm writing Apollo's story for the Gods series - it will be my December release. But as I'm writing it, I keep remembering little story snippets from the other Gods stories. When I originally wrote Madison's story, the only reason I did that was because

November Freebie - Hi my lovely friends, as Devon and Wren's story will be my November release, I thought it was only fair to offer book one as my freebie for November. If you haven't read the Assassin's Alley series yet, then this is where it all began.

Halloween isn't as much of a big deal here in NZ as it is overseas. Did you decorate? Do you have costumes? What did you do for the spooky season?

I havent' spent a whole day reading for the longest time, but this past weekend, I felt I really needed it. I was re-reading some of my old favorites from Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case by @AJSherwood and Whyborne and Griffin by @JordanLHawk. What have you been reading recently?

#TinyTeaser - a huge thank you to all my lovely readers who have sent me messages or commented about how much they are enjoying Pointy Ears and Purple Glitter. It did seem that the inevitable happened, and Sparky was definitely a scene stealer, but

#ThrowbackThursday - I got the idea for Catching Damont, purely and simply from this image in my head that wouldn't leave me alone. It was of a Dodo... running. A little cartoon Dodo running as fast as his little legs could carry him, and that was all I could think of.

Whenever I feel down, I create something with a whole heap of color - it always makes me smile. What made you smile today my friends?

Sometimes the rabbit hole I fall down is sooo deep, and yet I never thought it would be. All I was doing was planning a road trip for Apollo and his mate along the main highway from Buffalo to Denver, with a possible extension to Texas. My lovely Patreons gave me so many ideas and

Have a lovely day...

I did it!!!!!! That Tentacle Book is finished and off to the editors, yay!!! There were a lot of late nights involved in getting this one done, but I really needed to get it finished. Now off to see what Apollo and his mate have been doing while I've been busy with the tentacle story, lol.

I've been making a small art set of prints entitled "First Hugs" trying to lean more into cartoony style so I don't have to concentrate on getting facial features completely photo accurate lol - this is the first two which I thought came out quite well.

#TinyTeaser - Malik and Tynan's story was meant to be a Quirk of Fates short, but it turned out to be over 60,000 words. But then these two had a lot going on. Out now, I do hope you enjoy this one.

#ThrowbackThursday - I was thinking back this morning about some of the titles I've written that I initially struggled with - either because of other things going on in my life at the time, or when I knew I wanted to write the story, but I just couldn't get my words to fit with my vision.

One of the positives about writing kraken shifters is that you can make up their lore and how they do things, like claim their mates. Although I did have an interesting afternoon researching how octopus and squid have little ones -

I do love making backgrounds in my art journal - although making this one resulted in me then spending more than half an hour scrubbing that lovely blue off the garage wall lol.

#WritingQuestion - I'm trying to find a word for a fear of paranormals. So far the best Google can offer is Phasmophobia, which is more related to a fear of ghosts, Daemonophobia, clearly the fear of demons and then Teraphobia - monsters and mythical creatures.

"I really loved Malik and Tynan together and Sparky was a page stealer..." www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTZ1SBFG

It's always so lovely seeing new calves in the paddock I can see outside my office window.

It's almost here - Pointy Ears and Purple Glitter coming October 20th :) :) :) www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTZ1SBFG

My new release is due out tomorrow - yay!!!! Here's a wee teaser between the two secondary characters that really came across on the page - Ian, Malik's mechanic, and Sparky who is Tynan's talking raven. “It’s nice to meet you, Ian.” Tynan extended his hand, which Ian shook vigorously, leaving

My wonderful grandperson visited again today - you have no idea how messy my material storage and this closet was, but now I can see what I've got. Three huge rubbish bags later - there was so much we needed help to get it all in the trash bins.

I wanted to make some resin blanks so my son Peter could have a go at turning them. My only problem is that I don't have a pressure pot - watching this anxiously to see if it will flash cure, lol.