Time to catch up on what's been happening this past month, and see what's coming up. Hey Reader. February has settled in here in Germany with that particular kind of cold that looks pretty but bites. Frosty mornings, snowy days, pale winter sun, and the slow sense that the year is stretching and waking up again — perfect weather for warm drinks, good stories, and a little extra kindness (to ourselves included). Anyway, what else has happened since last we spoke, and what's coming up? Let me...
2 days ago • 7 min read
Time to catch up on what's been happening this past month, and see what's coming up. Hello Reader. January arrives like a quiet promise. The year is new, the days are slowly stretching toward the light again, and even the coldest mornings carry a sense of possibility. After a long winter’s night, this month feels less like a demand to begin again and more like an invitation—to breathe, to rest, and to choose what we want to nurture in the months ahead. I’m stepping into January with cautious...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Whispers and Wings is out today 🕊️✨ Today, I’m so excited (and a little awed) to finally share Whispers and Wings with you. This book has been a long journey—one shaped by wings, vows, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going when the past refuses to let go. For twenty-four years, Gerallt has lived with Arianrhod’s blessing: a swan’s wing where his arm once was, a mark of both divine touch and lifelong regret. When violence leaves him helpless, his path crosses with Aderyn—a humble girl...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader. On the longest night of the year, when the dark feels a little heavier and the light a little more uncertain, stories have always stepped in to do what fire once did best: remind us why the sun returns. The tale that follows is set in Hearthwyn, a land that never was but might feel faintly familiar, where winter is treated not as an enemy but as a force to be answered with care, memory, and courage. It is a solstice story about keeping promises, walking into the cold with warmth...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Time to catch up on what's been happening this past month, and see what's coming up. Hello Reader. I can hardly believe we’ve reached December already. This year, Yule will be a much quieter affair in the Sheppard household. Mr Shep is still in his space boot and unable to walk, with the latest diagnosis pointing to arthritis in the metatarsal bones of his foot. I’m still without income, the Puds are doing their best to manage their mental health, and we recently received the heartbreaking...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
My Monthly Dispatch Time to catch up on what's been happening this past month, and see what's coming up. Hello Reader. The final story in the Brodyr Alarch saga is almost ready to soar. For twenty-four years, Gerallt has borne a swan’s wing as a living reminder of past shame and promises. In Whispers and Wings, his journey toward redemption, patience, and love reaches its climax. Readers first met this world in Sealed with a Curse, where the seeds of magic and heartbreak were sown. From that...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Time to catch up on what's been happening this past month, and see what's coming up. Hello Reader. October was a hard month for me personally, with things happening that I never expected, and was completely unprepared for. Seeming to reflect that, the trees outside my window have gone bare almost overnight. It was a difficult month—one that was both chaotic and quiet, so I'm okay with it now being November! I'm having to learn how to be kind to myself a bit more, to rest when I can, and to...
3 months ago • 6 min read
My Monthly Dispatch Time to catch up on what's been happening this past month, and see what's coming up. Hello Reader. October is here, and it feels like a month made for stories – crisp evenings, golden leaves, and that touch of magic in the air. This year, it’s especially special for me, and I’d love to share a few celebrations with you. A Decade of StoriesI can hardly believe it, but this month marks my 10-year publiversary. Ten years since I first pressed “publish” and nervously sent my...
4 months ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader. In Wales, the second harvest is known as Gŵyl Canol Hydref (pronounced gwill can-ol hud-rev)—the Mid-Harvest Festival. It falls in the turning weeks of September, when grapes hang heavy on the vine and the air carries the first hint of frost. Like many such observances across Celtic lands, it is both a thanksgiving and a warding, but in Cymru it takes on a character all its own: steeped in wine, wheat, and the quiet strength of the oak. In the south, where vines were once...
5 months ago • 8 min read