OK, I’m just going to say it: people on the Internet are weird about Scotland. I mean… This is just a random selection of posts I’ve seen on Threads over the past ...
I thought I’d said everything I had to say about the ongoing AI witch hunts in this post from a couple of weeks ago, but hey! Guess what?! I’ve got more ...
A couple of weeks ago I hit yet another one of those ‘real author’ milestones: my very first ‘AI’ accusation! I knew this was coming, obviously: not because my book cover ...
A while back, one of Terry’s clients kindly sent him a bottle of very nice champagne as a thank you for a project he’d just completed for them. Now, champagne is ...
This post is sponsored by Notino. Some authors can write a book pretty much anywhere. On their phone. On the toilet. On the back of a cereal packet. While standing in ...
One of the best things about writing books set in Scotland is that everywhere you go instantly becomes inspiration for a book setting. OK, maybe not quite everywhere; I've learned the ...
My blog will be 20 years old next year; here’s what it’s like spending 2 decades documenting your life online…
I’d never really wanted to be a journalist. Actually, that’s not quite true: it would be more accurate to say that I’d never really considered a career in journalism as something ...
When my husband was diagnosed with kidney failure, I went straight to the library: not to read up on transplants, or kidneys, or anything actually useful, you understand, but just to check ...
Hi, I’m Amber. People who don’t know me generally describe me as a romance author, lifestyle blogger, or “really annoying, actually,” depending on how much they like me. People who do know me, on the ...
Well, I don’t know about you, but I’ve just had the most surreal Easter holiday of my life. OF MY LIFE, people. Let’s see… On the first Monday of the…
Hey! Did you know that, if you’re a paid subscriber to my newsletter, you have access to my subscriber chat where, as well as being subjected to the kind of daily ...
So, let the record show I completed NaNoWriMo — on Tuesday, actually. I’m sort of proud of myself, because 50,000 words in 21 days is quite impressive, really, but I’m also kind ...
“This is my Auntie Amber,” my 21-year-old nephew told his new girlfriend when he introduced us a few months ago. “If you want to know anything about my life, she’s ...
[This post is sponsored by Notino] It’s been a while since I did one of those posts, but this week was the last week of term before the summer holidays,…
Well, I did it. It's taken many long, tortuous weeks, but I finally finished reading Max that giant book of Grimms' fairytales he was given as a baby, but which I ...
Okay, I should probably start this post by letting you know that I’m having to use dictation software to write it (Speak it? Can I really say I’m writing if ...
