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Writing, Sisterhood & a few Proseccos
<p>The follow up book to Playing with Fire – The true story of Fireman Scam is well under way. I am working on it most days with Coleen over the telephone. Getting to catch up with her in person tomorrow so really looking forward to that. Will be great to go out for lunch and […]</p>
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Oct 13, 20231 min read


Lottie Potts is out in the world… and she’s making people laugh!
<p>My book has now been out for nearly a week and people seem to really enjoy it (phew). Now need to get back to writing the second book in the Teapots & Tequila shots series – Lila Glover wants a lover. Hopefully it will be released in the next few months.</p>
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Oct 13, 20231 min read


The Reinvention of Lottie Potts is out now!
<p>The “Renivention of Lottie Potts” is available now. Hope you enjoy reading her story, realising that the most important person you can ever have a relationship with is yourself. Have a lovely Monday x</p>
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Oct 9, 20231 min read


The Reinvention of Lottie Potts – Coming this Saturday!
<p>The book will finally be available from Saturday. It’s very exciting and I do hope a couple of people will read it 🙂</p>
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Oct 2, 20231 min read


Retail therapy, pub grub & the perfect Goth Festival find.
<p>Had a lovely day out today – a bit of retail therapy and then scampi and chips at a local pub with my lovely daughter. Managed to get a designer black velvet top for £8 from a great new charity megastore called “Daisy Chain” at Team Valley. It is going to be absolutely pefect for […]</p>
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Sep 25, 20231 min read


Playing with Fire part 2 (working title)
<p> Playing with Fire: The true story of Fireman Scam has been a success selling 4k copies since being released in January 2023. There have been several great reviews and requests to know what happened after. Coleen and I initially wrote our story as a cathartic exercise, a way to heal our pain. The fact […]</p>
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Sep 14, 20231 min read


Great review for Playing with Fire & 5 stars!
<p>Coleen and I recently had a review for our book Playing with Fire and what a review it is! The online book club have sent this book of for review and thanks to Erin Dydek for reading and reviewing this. We are so happy that this book made such a good impression on her to […]</p>
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Aug 24, 20231 min read


New press release for Playing with Fire
<p>We have had another press release go out for our book Playing with Fire. You can read it online here. The Table Read Magazine is an online magazine celebrating and promoting arts, entertainment and creativity. They feature individuals and businesses. As long as the content is about arts, entertainment or creativity then there […]</p>
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Aug 4, 20231 min read


New women's fiction novel: The reinvention of Lottie Potts
<p>Finally I have written my first novel and am finalising the manuscript before it goes off to the editor. It’s a tale of learning to love yourself in later life. It features strong female charaters and plenty of dirty laughs along the way. Once it is ready for publishing we will have more information on […]</p>
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Aug 2, 20231 min read


My children's book update
<p>My children’s book is coming along, albeit slowly. The artwork is proving a bit troublesome to faithfully recreate, being as it’s 40 years old and well worn! We’re getting there though. The knowledge that the little book I wrote when I was ten years old could actually become a reality gives me goosebumps. Below is […]</p>
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Jul 31, 20231 min read


Amazon #1 Best seller
<p>I am so proud of how well my first book is selling. Over 3k copies in 7 countries have been sold since its release 6 months ago. Not bad as we only ever thought we’d sell about 50 copies. Best Seller on Amazon Again this all helps us support our chosen charity “Women’s aid” For […]</p>
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Jul 19, 20231 min read


Where there's a wheel there's a way
<p>I have been given confirmation that my children’s book “Where there’s a wheel there’s a way” will be published. Details are pending but keep coming back for more updates as to when the book will be on general sale. I am excited to finally have this book published. I wrote it when I was […]</p>
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Jun 19, 20231 min read


Playing with Fire is back on sale
<p>After 3 weeks of the book being unavailable for sale it is now back ready to buy. We have also added some additional options for purchasing the book with more to be added later. More details HERE We have also looked at world-wide distribution to traditional bookstores. Keep an eye out for us, […]</p>
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Apr 19, 20231 min read


Coleen on “This Morning”
<p>Coleen made an appearance on This Morning with Phil and Holly. Coleen was fabulous. She discussed some of the experiences she had but one can only say so much in 10 minutes. Phil held up our book for all to see. We hope that through this we can help other victims of similar crimes. […]</p>
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Feb 27, 20231 min read


London Bound – This Morning, here we come!
<p>Myself and Coleen are travelling down to London today as Coleen will be making an appearance on This Morning with Phil and Holly. Coleen will be talking about her experience but will also be discussing our book. The nerves are playing up but Coleen will be amazing. </p>
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Feb 26, 20231 min read


Local stars behind the scenes – Thank you, Sabrina & Phil!
<p>During our filming this weekend we had a local company support us and the filming team. We would like to thank Sabrina and Phil for making the time to offer support with this endeavour. They were amazing doing Coleen and my makeup and hair, really made us feel like superstars. If you are […]</p>
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Feb 22, 20231 min read


Filming over
<p>We all had a great experience with filming and are all a bit knackered. After all this is not something us little people do every day! How do they do it on the tele? Well it is over now and we will have to wait for the project to complete. More details will be […]</p>
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Feb 21, 20231 min read


BBC Breakfast show appearance
<p>Good morning everyone. Coleen, my twin and co-author of Playing with fire will be appearing on the BBC Breakfast show this morning. This was all last minute as Coleen received a call yesterday after the release of the podcast on BBC Sounds, asking her to appear. She made a journey to Manchester late last […]</p>
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Feb 17, 20231 min read


Coleen on BBC Woman’s Hour – Today!
<p>Coleen will be on BBC4’s Woman’s Hour today! She will be discussing the podcast “Lovebombed” with Vicky Pattison and talking about our book “Playing with Fire.” GOOD LUCK COLEEN!!</p>
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Feb 13, 20231 min read


Possible dates for podcast release
<p>We have had word that the release of the podcast is imminent. Hopefully we are looking at it being released next month all being well. Once it has been we will provide details in a post and on the main page of the website. Hopefully our dulcet tones won’t make the neighbourhood dogs howl too […]</p>
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Jan 24, 20231 min read
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