by jenna | Jan 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
New Year at the French Farmhouse I’ve always been a fan of New Year. Not the actual celebration itself – when you’ve got five kids who get up far too early, the thought of staying up ‘til midnight is NOT appealing – but the turning of a new calendar page and the sense...
by jenna | Jan 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Teaching myself to talk Marion, the main character in Because You Loved Me struggles with Selective Mutism, using her ‘Mute Busters’ to try to manage the social anxiety. I didn’t use Mute Busters to cope with Selective Mutism, but like Marion, I did find my own way to...
by jenna | Jan 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
I freely admit that I was one of the lucky ones. My parents – together for over fifty years – stayed in the home I grew up in. I always had a bed there, if I needed one. I knew I could turn up at the door at any time (all right, my mother would have tutted, and...
by jenna | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Dual Narrative Local Girl Missing wasn’t an easy book to write but it was definitely interesting and kept me on my toes. So many times, I had to go back through each chapter and check the clues I had left for the reader, making sure I kept the narrative and plot as...
by jenna | Dec 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Prequels are fun. There’s no denying it. Characterisation is undoubtedly my favourite thing about writing fiction and it’s fascinating to delve into a character’s past where you can really show what made them into the people they became in the...
