Back in my mysterious Irish castle 🏰 and I could not be happier. Such a shame it is fictional! 🌊 🏰 💫

Some short stories are just meant to be novels. You can’t fight it.

I wanted a poem about rugged nature, or the wolf moon…but what has arrived? One about Christmas tea towels. But the muse wants what it wants. 🤷‍♀️

The dark time of the year has inspired a flurry of novel writing. It feels like coming home to be working in the form I know the best. 🥰 📚

I think I might be a touch addicted to submitting my work. 😹 😹

A double rejection afternoon. Sigh!

It still brings me such joy that I wrote a poem about doorknobs…and that I get to sub it soon. 🥰 🚪

The hygienist…an unexpected source of poetic inspiration!

I don’t know what to say about my current poetic spark, but my eternal fascination with the prosaic has taken a dark / body horror turn. 👻 😳

Ahhh a poem. Whole and perfect. Unlike the shattered snail shell that inspired it. 🐌

A witchy tarot reader is keeping me company before my morning coffee. 🤫 Don’t tell the wee girls I’m awake! 🧙‍♀️ 📚 ✍️

A Doorknob of One’s Own has to be the right title for my doorknob poem. 😹

👀 Hello, a new poem! #Poet

My poem, Routine: A Palace or a Prison appears in this beautiful collection. Available to pre-order now from Etsy. Happy National Poetry Day, all!

Things I am loving about writing at the moment: 1. Transforming novel ideas into short stories. 2. Dropping the title at the PERFECT moment. 3. Romantasy short stories where I’m juggling dragons and flirtatious glances. 4. Casting mythology into my work and stirring it around. 5. Witches. 🐉 🌊 ✍️

Who, me? The wayward one, trying and failing to follow rules for anthology submissions. 🙈

A poem! A new one. I am so happy. This one is celebrating my long-lost student days, when we used to eat chips on the staircase of my turret. 🥰

Today is publication day for Burnt Offerings, my short poetry collection. I am delighted to be stepping into my author era. Link below: amzn.eu/d/f1MBoee

Sent in a short story…and belatedly released there were no sim subs. Ooookay! 😹 🥰

I am in novel writing mode right now…but I miss writing poems all the time. 😿 ✨

‘There are days now when I am swimming not sinking when I think, Yes! I have finally understood how all of this messy mum-life is supposed to work.’ Danielle Marie Cahill’s (@daniellec.bsky.social) tender poem considers the relationship between mother and child. apricotpress.co.uk/2025/08/29/t...

Yay! I am a finalist in the Page Turner Writing Award 2025 with TWO of my novels: Aurora and Trad Wives. Congratulations to all the finalists! And to everyone who plucked up the courage to enter.

I am excited to be a contributor to Belladonna’s Garden, a sparkling new lit mag that celebrates gentle magic. My poem and short story complement one another - same scene, different POV. Great witchy fun! 🧙‍♀️ ✨

Just read some advice about not putting pets in your author bio…but…I feel like my enchanting cats deserve their shout out. 🤔 🐈 🐈‍⬛

An acceptance! 🥰 Thank you everyone for supporting me on this rollercoaster. 🎢 ✨ ✨

On a losing streak this week, but I am hoping those rejections are followed by another shining acceptance soon.

I just used the Save the Cat template to map out a novel…and I love it! I am going to try not to think about how I probably should have used it before… 😹 😭

Ahhh my new doorknob poem is really about wanting time and privacy to write. Who knew??? 🥰

Writing my DREAM job into a short story tonight, and it is perfect for the setting, character and plot all at the same time. I am keeping my fingers crossed this witchy tale gets its chance to shine. 🧙‍♀️ ⛰️ ✨

Looking at my new chapter plan, and, of course, I start thinking “but how about a prologue”? Whyyyyy am I like this??? 😹

My current short story wants to be a novel sooooo badly! Enemies to lovers is the gift that keeps on giving. 😹 🥰 🏰

Hurrah! A new poem. 🥰 This one is about the knitwear company that keeps emailing me, saying “We Miss You”. 😹 #Poetry

*Cover reveal* for my mystic poetry collection, which will be published by @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social on 18 September 2025. I cannot wait to share my book with you all! My thanks to @suburbanwitchlit.bsky.social for the enchanting cover. Roll on autumn! 🍂 🍂 🧙‍♀️ ✨ ✨

👽🩸 ALIEN BUDDHA’S SUMMERWEEN FEATURE #7 🩸👽 👉 alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/t... #Summerween2025 #HorrorWriters

In the blue of the night, I move commas around. And I could not be happier!

I am delighted that these pieces will be published in the autumn. My vibes are 💯 enchanted garden. 🪴 ✨

I have written a short story…it is off-the-wall. But (I think) in all the best ways! Please 🙏 let someone fall in love with it.

Not long left for UK and Irish debut poets to submit their entries, with some free entries left for global majority poets! Please share! foxandstarbooks.org

Trying something new…a poem and a short story set in the same magical garden. 🪴 Let’s see if it works!!

As soon as my toes touched the grass of home, a new poem arrived. This one is a heartbreaker! Hope it finds its perfect home.

On hols where it is, frankly, too hot to inspire poetry, but fiction is working fine. Intriguing!

Please enjoy my short story, The Selkie of Staffa Island, published today by @micromancemagazine.bsky.social

Doing what I do best - hunting for synonyms for moon. 🌙

Well, I did not expect a story involving dragons… 🐉

I go to name a female character, turning to the moons of Jupiter for inspiration…and one is called Kale! Not quite the dreamy time-travelling vibe I had in mind. #kale 😹 🥬

How many poems would you normally put in a collection? 40 - 100 poems seems like an incredible range…

I feel the heartbreak of Pluto - still a planet to me!

I wrote a short story that has “novel opening” vibes. Whyyyy am I like this? 😹 ✍️

I had a few rejections recently, which make the next acceptance all the sweeter! I love the poem which has been selected for publication so much, and I hope you will too. 🍂 🍎 🍎 🍎

Oh, a new poem - exciting! This one is about fireflies supposedly dying out… 😭