Just in case you were wondering, I do speak a bit of French but more at a toddler or beginner level.
About My Books
I’m the author of the soon to be published, James Lalonde Mystery Novels. My books are set in the world of investigative journalism with a dash of conspiracy, crime, and medical sci-fi, as James Lalonde hunts down the facts in a quest for the truth. The series is heavily influenced by my natural curiosity at what goes on behind the scenes of a newspaper and my love of medical science. As a teenager, I wanted to become a novelist, investigative journalist or pathologist. I know, I’m both extremes. The series begins with Immunity as book one but also contains three prequel stories about the events that lead to James’s arrival in New York.
When I’m not writing and revising mysteries, I’m a book coach for aspiring authors. I help aspiring authors just like you, to write and market their books, so they can create their dream business, build their author platform, and be creatively independent, on my Authorpreneur Blog and through my one to one coaching services. As a coach, I help new writers to prepare their manuscripts for professional editing. Basically, I help writers when they get stuck or are confused about the revision process. I’m also the host of The Authorpreneur Podcast. Right now, I’m editing my soon to be published mystery, Duplicity. And, I am writing the first book in the Rookie Reporter Mystery series, which is titled, The Candidate. Over on my YouTube channel, I’ll be sharing weekly writing vlogs where you can watch me write the first draft of The Candidate.
About Me
When I’m not writing, hosting my podcasts or coaching aspiring authors, live in London with my husband Roland, who happens to be the most amazing man in the world, and I can’t believe he picked me. And, no, I’m not at all biased.
I’m a self-confessed Louis Vuitton addict. When I’m not drooling over handbags, you can find me in a bookshop purchasing books to add to my never-ending reading list. I love the Harry Potter Series, Agatha Christie, Lewis Carroll, Roald Dahl, Victor Hugo, J. F. Penn, Ben Aaronovitch, JD Robb, and James Patterson. I also consider Dan Brown’s novels as a guilty pleasure; no judging. As a keen traveller with Australian and British passports, I love to travel around Europe with my husband Roland, drink tea, rosé, and eat pizza.
My Writing Journey
This is going to sound super cliche, but I’ve always loved books. In fact, it’s something my mother accidentally instilled in me as a child. She used to bribe me with a little golden book, as a small child for good behaviour during grocery shopping. Thus, an obsession began. I know, stop the presses another writer has been obsessed with reading and writing since childhood.
Roland and outside the Natural History Museum in New York.
As a child, I wrote stories on bits of paper torn from my school books which ended up being scattered across my bedroom floor much to the dismay of my Mother. Mum, if you’re reading this, consider this your long-awaited apology. At the age of eight, I wrote my first play. I was super secretive about the script and wrote the script out by hand in an HB pencil and gave each actor lines to memorise, as opposed to a whole script. So, what happened you ask? Let’s just say I was a little bossy, okay, maybe, very bossy, and had difficulties managing the talent.
What can I say? I was a weird kid.
As a teenager, I dreamed of being a journalist and then a novelist but, I made one mistake. I listened to the never-ending brigade of negative voices around me whom all said the same thing “you can’t make money writing” but later changed to pursuing pathology.
Spoiler alert, I end up in finance and accounting for over ten years.
What can you expect from my blog?
- A monthly short story within the sci-fi thriller or mystery-thriller genre.
- A sneak peek in the life of a writer.
- Book hauls.
- An honest and spoiler-free book reviews on my latest reads from the Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, and Crime Genres via The Book Nerd podcast.