Publishing my First Book

  With each of my books, it has helped to be able to "look down" on the setting for the story! Not just for me, but also for my fi...

What makes a bestseller? And how do you catch the wave of the latest trend in reading? When my first novel, The Housemaid's Daughter, w...

Have you heard of Mind Mapping? It is a technique used in business to visualise ideas and concepts - and then organise them in a structured ...

It is now a year since  The Case Against Fili Du Bois  was published! But how did it come about? What was the spark? There is no guarantee t...

What makes a good cover? What will catch a potential reader's eye? What will intrigue - or even disturb? It's a fine balance... For ...

In the town of Franschhoek, in the Cape Winelands, stands a memorial to a group of determined individuals who fled religious persecution in ...

In all my novels, research has played a crucial part. If you want to be able to reflect a particular period in history, or if you want your ...