Cold

We are all time-travellers of a sort. Maybe few of us actually step into a time machine or through some standing stones and find ourselves in a new (or rather, old) time and place, but jumps in time h...

21 Jun 202119min

Men. As a writer and a woman, this is a topic of endless fascination for me. Given that I'm a thriller writer at my core, and add to that the fact that I've been endeavoring to write a great, epic rom...

14 Jun 202123min

Writers of historical characters and events have always had to balance being true to a given era and yet relatable to contemporary readers. But doing this is easier said than done...especially in toda...

7 Jun 202116min

This week in the Cold, we're talking about the writing life in all of its complicated glory. Not only how we writers evolve and develope the daily habits that allow us to finish massive pieces of work...

24 Mai 202114min

Last year, about six weeks before the COVID lockdowns hit, I made a vow to say yes to any invitation that came my way - no matter who it was from or what kind of event I was getting myself into. The r...

17 Mai 202122min

Pain is awful, frightening, destablizing, and thrilling. Yes, thrilling! It's why a writer must put her characters through the wringer or else risk losing the reader. We want to experience a character...

10 Mai 202117min

I don't know anyone who has not fallen under the spell of the moon at one time or another. We stand under the full moon, gazing up into her face, letting her cold, blue light wash over us. We dream, w...

3 Mai 202117min

This week in the Cold, we're talking about what a bad writing day is really like. We've all had them. Days when none of our usual tricks work. We can't go for a walk to reboot - the weather is crap, n...

26 Apr 202118min