Most kids (and adults) experience bullying at some point, so how come there aren't more kids' books about bullying? Answer - because girl...

Lovely readers! I am writing children's / young adult fiction this year, and THIS is my latest book - Queen Bee, aimed at school-aged...

Social distance games outside for kids – and adults! Want the kids to play outside – possibly with a small group of friends – but need to...

Hey lovely people. So this March, I was writing the Bad Mother’s Wedding, when the coronavirus hit and the world turned upside-down. Like...

Yes – we are now officially an Amazon Echo family. You’ve seen the Echo advertised on Amazon, right? It’s a sort of speaker type thing...

20 Funny Supermarket Substitutions Ever ordered your supermarket shopping online? Half of us do these days, apparently. Do you tick the...

Urgh! Why don’t I learn? Parenting and alcohol don’t mix. Now, that may sound obvious to anyone to Americans, who don’t drink...

Jennifer Aniston is not pregnant … and she’s fed up with people talking about it. So why don’t the press bother someone else? There are...

I was at a romance author party recently, and a publishing person told me she’d never read Fifty Shades of Grey. ‘Hang on a minute,’ I...

Do you know these opening lines from famous novels? I wonder how many of these famous opening lines you know? I’m not showing off, but I...

Famous Author Quotes to Uplift and Inspire Authors are extremely clever people. Probably the cleverest people on the planet. Did I...

Reader Favourites – Top 20 Hot Guys Ah, lovely hot guys. Sorry … I’m getting distracted. What was I saying? Ah yes. The results are in!...

Inspirational Love Quotes to Make You Feel Loved 🙂 As a romance author, I am constantly scouring the internet for beautiful and...

Unmumsy Mum Book Review My unmumsy mum book review? In two words, LOVED IT! Sarah Turner’s honest and down-to-earth parenting confessions...

Ah, the school run … At the top of my wardrobe is a vacuum pack bag full of clothes from my former life. A Karen Millen dress (with a...

My friend just told me I’m in a pretty militant mood today, so just to prove her right, let me bitch about the mean mothers at our school...

After I had my first daughter, I was DESPERATE for motherhood fiction, stories about birth, pregnancy, pelvic floor incidents … the whole...

Once upon a time, I used to love reading on the toilet. Not great literature. Closer magazine (Heat’s cheap little sister – it’s 50p...

Uh oh! BAD parenting alert! Bad parenting indeed! I have a friend whose toddler accidentally drank half a bottle of Bacardi Breezer....

Kids not eating a healthy breakfast? Mine too. If it’s healthy, time-consuming to prepare and uses expensive (possibly even organic)...