My Mom would get adult library cards for me as a child, because I would consume so many books so quickly. I've been a bookworm since a very young age. I played around with the idea of being an author, but like most people, I never thought I could, so I went with a different career path. Then, the pandemic happened and it got us to all start questioning our life choices, myself included. I decided that it was either now or never, so I made the leap and I never looked back. With all of this being said, keep in mind that I am a part time author only, as I do still have a full time day job. My goal is to eventually write full time.

For years, I had an idea about two best friends in my head and every time I tried to write it, I never got further than the first chapter. Fast forward to 2022 when I had a lot of spare time on my hands, and I was watching a reel on Instagram about how an author writes their books and something clicked into place for me. (It's why you will always see me share about being an author on social media too!) From this, The Confidential Heir was born. I've mentioned before, the War of the Witch Clans was originally an idea about the zombie apocalypse and through the evolving the idea, it's what you read today. When I was watching an episode of supernatural, there was an episode called "bloodlines" which was supposed to be a backdoor pilot for the supernatural mafia. (You see where I'm going with this right?). I was pretty upset that the show didn't get picked up because I loved the concept. So, I decided to write about it instead. That's how The Rule of the Damned was born. The point of this longer answer is to show, if you like an idea, brainstorm it until it becomes a story you're obsessed with and want to write. The more practice you get with it, the easier it becomes.

The first thing to note when answering this question, is I did what was right for me. There is no right or wrong answer to this question, only personal preference. I knew I wanted to be able to control my own creative process and be flexible as my schedule requires, I didn't like the idea of having to justify my creative decisions to someone else. So self publishing was the inevitable solution for me.

Fantasy. It's my favourite genre, and not only do I write it, I read lots of it too. Maybe, I will change this one day, but for now, fantasy is where I'm happiest.

Yes, they do. I went back and forth on this for a long time, but the rule of thumb is if the spice furthers the plot, I include it. You will hear me talk about "plot driven spice" and this is what I mean when I do.

Purely because it's a large portion of the books I read. Write what you know, right? But, with the dilemma of the YA age group being unclear (and being deemed as inappropriate at times), I've needed to relook this approach, and that's why I'm going to start branching into the Adult Fantasy category in 2024. My first book in the NA space will be The Rule of the Damned.

Part of my decision making process when choosing a platform to support me in my self publishing journey was accessibility of books, but as I explained on my blog, I had to unexpectedly move all my books over to Kindle Unlimited. They will remain here for the forseeable future.

This answer changes regularly. At the time of writing this, I have published five published books and I'm working on my sixth. I have four full trilogies I plan to write, potentially a fifth full trilogy and I'm eyeing some novella's I would like to write too. The best way to see my plans is to keep an eye on my updated writing schedule, I usually share this 2 - 3 times a year (after each book launch) on my news tab and on social media.

I post loads of content on my Instagram page that talks to this. But some of the things that come to mind. Don't over think it. We are our own worst critics. Keep writing. Don't just stop at one book. If you don't know how to do something, Google it. Chances are there is an author that would have posted about it already. Don't get it into it, because you want to make money. Do it because you love it. (This one specifically applies to self published authors) Remain disciplined. This author journey will only ever be as successful as the amount of work you put into it.