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...
by jenna | Nov 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Town vs Country – which is more fun? My latest book, Let’s not be Friends, begins with city girl Sophie ranting at her unreliable Aga. If there’s one symbol that most accurately symbolises country life, the Aga has to be it. When I was growing up, my best friend’s...
