contemporary fiction

  • Writing Audrey

    Writing Audrey

    Audrey was a very different character when I first wrote her. She was living with two…

  • Because Life #10

    Because Life #10

    Christmas Day was brutal. “Where’s Sally?” Audrey asked her father, as she dished up lunch for…

  • Because Life #9

    Because Life #9

    Audrey discovered her father and brother expected her to take over her mother’s role. She’d been…

  • Because Life #8

    Because Life #8

    Yet the revelation her mother was preparing to forsake her for a man shook Audrey to…

  • Because Life #7

    Because Life #7

    During her childhood Audrey was never quite sure what to make of her parents. One moment…

  • Because Life #6

    Because Life #6

    Audrey wasn’t sure this was a good idea. Yolanda, being the more astute in these things,…

  • Introducing Audrey

    Introducing Audrey

    Right from the start, I’ll tell you I adore Audrey. She is the most heroic of…

  • Writing Leisha

    Writing Leisha

    Over the past 5 weeks I’ve posted the background story to Leisha, one of the five…

  • For the love of writing

    For the love of writing

    Have you ever thought about writing? Writing comes in many forms. Letter writing, for example, was…

  • Because Life #5

    Because Life #5

    “You in trouble again?” William asked gravely at dinner. “We’ve been called to the school tomorrow.…