If I could summon a spectre, it would probably be that of Tove Jansson. She lived on an uninhabited island in the Gulf of Finland, and I’d ask her to ...
- Motivating people to achieve their dreams and desired stages in life is what I live for. There are so many aspects of motivation and change that talking about all ...
- Omega 3 fats are known as essential fats. That means they’re vital to our health. Not only do they help the brain function better, they’re also used to build ...
Love and Loss is the latest addition to the Timeless Wisdom series from Exisle Publishing which amplifies the voices and life-experiences of mature writers from across the globe, from Ireland ...
“As modern women, we are led to believe that we can succeed if we work hard, but more often than not, the reality turns out to be very different. Faced ...
I'm a huge fan of book subscription services. I'm often perusing bookshops to try and find another novel or five to add to my collection, but having the thrill of ...
Drag Queen Rupaul has coined the term “Inner Saboteur” and I quite like it. This is the part of ourselves that is always looking at the negative, predicting worse case ...
Online Dating can be a daunting prospect for women of a certain age. I certainly did. After many years of being a mother, a wife, a career woman. Suddenly my ...
According to author and diversity equality campaigner Anuranjita Kumar, there is still a social taboo when it comes to discussing racism openly within the workplace, and wider society. This is ...
Peter isn't cut out for the world he was born into. This post-apocalyptic version of America is all he's ever known, and with an overprotective father who doesn't feel he's ready ...
Today is Blue Monday - calculated as being the unhappiest day of the year. Happiness coach Maria Hocking is a charismatic life changer and author of the new book, Strip ...
As the name suggests, Minimal: How to simplify your life and live sustainably covers everything from decluttering to composting in an effort to live more thoughtfully. A one stop shop ...
Being an author is the first job I ever wanted. I started writing books in second grade and kept going until high school, at which point I decided it was ...
As a romantic novelist, I fall in love at least once, if not twice a year. I also go through regular break-ups, negotiate reconciliations and plan dream proposals – and ...
My father was a political dissident in the U.S.S.R. When I was five years old he was arrested for anti-Soviet agitation and sent to the GULAG. He was in prison ...
I can't say I've ever been a major history buff, but there was something about A Year in the Life of Medieval England that attracted me to read it. When ...
When I was invited to write this article, I began to compile a list of my favourite love stories, stories that have left me reeling; whose characters’ journeys I didn’t ...
- I love dogs. I am in love with, in particular, large dogs like Rhodesian ridgebacks, mastiffs and Labradors. It seems to me they have such wonderful qualities. For example, ...
Having completed and now releasing my Sci-fi novel Retaliation, I have compiled a list of the top ten most important things that you have to consider when writing in this ...
Science Fiction comes across as a vast genre of writing. Yet, if one looks at mainstream adventure science fiction, one can see certain common features in it. People, who read ...
Some sage advice from the award winning, bestselling author, John Scalzi, whose new novel, The Collapsing Empire, is out now from Tor. Don’t try to write a best-selling book. Because ...
I feel that to know this world and existence is to seek escape from it. One way is fantasy, novels where the rules of reality work in a completely different ...
Oh, it’s far more exciting, isn’t it? You get to dress up a little (well, change out of your pyjamas, at least), put on a bit of make-up, brush your ...
In an age when we’re positively inundated with literature and websites and podcasts and magazine articles on how to live your best life, hit your goals, and optimize your health, ...
