Hello all! Usually the monthly newsletter hits down in the first week of the month. If I’m honest, it entirely slipped my mind last week! Instead of pelting one together slapdash style, I’ve decided to say welcome and thanks instead :).

I’ve noticed quite a few new subscribers lately – WELCOME! I’m also chuffed to see those who subscribed since I restarted blogging in 2020 still here – THANK YOU!
Bit of background for the newcomers: I blogged on Pages Unforgotten from 2011 – 2016, did the most, burnt out, switched sites over four times (yes 4), and came back to where it all began cause in the end, I guess I couldn’t keep away lol.
Coming back coincided with writing my first novel-length MG Jeremy Gill is Not the Chosen One, which incidentally is longlisted here. Fingers crossed for the short list and of course a win :).

There’s lots of content on my site and you might need a hand deciding where to start even if you’ve been here a while. For a well-rounded selection of what’s available, here are a few posts and pages you can check out:
Writing
- That Time You Needed A Writer Style Booster Shot
- How Watching TV’s Like Reading A Book… and Helps You Write
- The Writer Tip That’ll Keep You Going When You Really Don’t Want To
Education
- How To Design A Book Cover With Canva… in Five Minutes
- Fiction and Non-Fiction Quick Tips Refresher
- Top 3 Writing Mistakes I See In My Inbox and How to Avoid Them
Inspiration
- How I Got Here and Why I May Not Stay
- Embarrassed About Where You Started? So Was I.
- Don’t Put Off That Thing You’re Putting Off Saturday Prompt
Lifestyle
- Tale From Belgium: Moving Upside Down
- Survival Story: A Brush With Creative Death
- Tale From Home: When I Get Scared, Spiders Die…
Flash Fiction
Books & Excerpts
Help for Writers
There’s your round-up! If you have any questions you can contact me here. I usually respond within a couple days :).

The newsletter will be back in September – newsletters are always within a regular post as I don’t believe in sending tons of emails.

The next Pages Unforgotten post is on Aug 19. Until then try more posts on my Blog.
This is my fourth year as an Ink & Insights’ judge and throughout its duration, I’ll share a connected post once a month. Learn about the Ink and Insights’ writing competition
Congrats on the longlist! Exciting 🙂
Thank you :)!