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REFLECTIONS.

Here you can find the newest news, amusing musings and everything in between.


February wrap-up

28 February, 2026

Come with me round the Isle of Skye’s newest bookshop

28 February, 2026

The Boy With Wings For Hands – out now!

27 February, 2026

Release date reveal: The Boy With Wings For Hands takes flight this month

12 February, 2026

The real-life locations that inspired The Ruined Skye Trilogy

9 February, 2026

Why you’re in the wrong place if you crave happy endings

1 February, 2026

January wrap-up

31 January, 2026

Deal announcements

8 January, 2026

Character art: Venom and Blaze

8 January, 2026

2026 author resolutions

2 January, 2026

2025 in a nutshell

27 December, 2025

Cover reveal for The Boy With Wings For Hands!

17 December, 2025

Cover sneak peek for The Boy With Wings For Hands

11 December, 2025

An author’s guide to YALC

7 December, 2025

Gifts for the readers in your life

5 December, 2025

Is there life after YALC?

28 November, 2025

YALC 2025 – Day One!

15 November, 2025

Less than a week until YALC!

11 November, 2025

Character art: Fable and Legend

29 October, 2025

Deal announcements

1 October, 2025

September wrap-up

30 September, 2025

Deal announcement

21 September, 2025

A Wild Run – out now!

6 September, 2025

City and Shadow – Fantasy of the Year finalist

2 September, 2025

Author Arini Vlotman on ‘living my best life in my world of delusion’

30 August, 2025

Author Avery Timmons on protagonists figuring out where they belong and who with

28 August, 2025

‘I could see the MC in a white dress sprinting for her life’ – author K. P. Knupp on A Wild Run

26 August, 2025

Author, Lauren Ysaguirre, on Fetch, perfectionism and studying

25 August, 2025

Character art: City and Shadow

16 August, 2025

The Girl With The Heart Of Glass: my story in A Wild Run anthology

15 August, 2025

City and Shadow release day

11 August, 2025

A Wild Run cover reveal

10 August, 2025

Pre-order City and Shadow – out 11 August!

26 July, 2025

The Mirrordom Legends series: an update

21 July, 2025

Character art: Venom

19 July, 2025

The Mirrordom Legends Series: Sprayed edges

16 June, 2025

Event: Roz MacLaren appearing at YALC 2025

2 May, 2025

April wrap-up

30 April, 2025

Grab your paperback copy of January!

29 April, 2025

Did you know you can order signed books directly from me?

23 April, 2025

What people are saying about January

19 April, 2025

January – coming soon in paperback!

14 April, 2025

Venom and Blaze in the Top 100 Best Sellers in Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction & Dystopian Romance eBooks

2 April, 2025

January release day!

21 March, 2025

What people are saying about Fable and Legend

5 March, 2025

Grab my books at a bargain price

27 February, 2025

Cover reveal for January!

20 February, 2025

Cover reveal for Bewitched Blooms!

15 February, 2025

Event: Roz MacLaren appearing at Sgrìobh

13 February, 2025

Bewitched Blooms – A Fundraiser Anthology

11 February, 2025

Fable and Legend release day

28 January, 2025

Author, Kerry Law, on developing strong female characters and fantasy worlds in Edinburgh

6 January, 2025

Mirrordom characters make New Year’s Resolutions

3 January, 2025

Ten indie authors to check out

29 December, 2024

‘We all start a story with an idea followed by a dream which is either followed by hard work or not’ – interview with author, Joy E. Held

11 December, 2024

2024 in a nutshell

10 December, 2024

Meet the characters in Fable and Legend

9 December, 2024

Inspiring Indies at YALC

22 November, 2024

The 2024 YALC – ten years of the UK’s Young Adult Literature Convention

21 November, 2024

YALC – Day two!

19 November, 2024

Top tips for authors at YALC

18 November, 2024

YALC – Day one!

16 November, 2024

#InspiringIndies Post-YALC chat

14 November, 2024

What to expect from YALC!

12 November, 2024

Cover reveal for Fable and Legend!

11 November, 2024

Event: Roz MacLaren appearing at YALC

1 November, 2024

Venom and Blaze characters and their Myers-Briggs results

27 October, 2024

Cover reveal for City and Shadow!

20 October, 2024

Grab Venom and Blaze for 99p!

11 October, 2024

Why you might find errors in indie authors’ work

1 September, 2024

What to read while you’re waiting for Fable and Legend to be released

20 August, 2024

Inspiration for Venom and Blaze’s setting

14 August, 2024

Book review: Of Kingdoms And Curses by Amy Woodruff

1 August, 2024

Book review: The Lost Empress by Jennifer Ascienzo

26 July, 2024

Meet the characters in Venom and Blaze

24 July, 2024

How to leave a book review and why it matters

17 July, 2024

Venom and Blaze release day

16 July, 2024

Exploring Edinburgh bookshops – and seeing The National

15 July, 2024

‘I was immediately terrified’ – how author Renée Shantel fought her fears

13 July, 2024

Book review: In The Days Before by Renée Shantel

9 July, 2024

Book review: The Midnight Prince by Jennifer Ascienzo

2 July, 2024

Book review: Foiled Stars by Jennifer Ascienzo

25 June, 2024

‘I never back down from a project’ – interview with author, Dana Gricken

16 June, 2024

A writer’s search history

14 June, 2024

Cover reveal for Venom and Blaze!

13 June, 2024

A playlist for Venom and Blaze

4 June, 2024

What to read while you’re waiting for Venom and Blaze to be released

6 February, 2024

An update from Mirrordom

26 January, 2024

Book review: The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

18 January, 2024

Book review: Scythe by Neal Shusterman

10 January, 2024

Back to Mirrordom

3 January, 2024

Hello, 2024!

1 January, 2024

Venom and Blaze: coming soon!

28 December, 2023

Exciting news – and a bit of a surprise!

22 December, 2023

What’s involved in writing a book: the story so far

25 October, 2023

Sequels, prequels and unequal struggles

24 October, 2023

What to read while you’re waiting for City and Shadow to be released

11 October, 2023

City and Shadow: coming soon!

10 October, 2023

Welcome to my website!

12 September, 2023

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