Two novels on a fire in an outdoor stove.
Some copies were never meant to be…
What do you do when you have a misprint of one novel and a copy with water damage of another? A ritual burning seemed cleansing, and it was.
#WritersCoffeeClub 10 April: What's something other writers swear by that you just don't get?
Marketing. I mean, I’m trying it, but I think I still don’t get it 😅
I think it works in this instance, because the clothes she picks, and how they reflect her mood, immediately ground the reader in her state of mind.
#WritersCoffeeClub 9 April: What is your favourite way to introduce a character's appearance?
I don’t think I have a favourite way to do it yet, it probably depends on the setting.
With Mrs. Cleyton, I introduce her appearance right at the start as she dresses herself in the morning.
Pages from Mrs. Cleyton. The left page ends with a poem: New life was born The art of expression For life was always there Never forlorn
A new book was born
The art of expression
For writers will always be there
Never forlorn
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#WritersCoffeeClub 8 April: Do you do warm-ups before or cool-downs after a writing session?
I do warmups. It’s those moments where I sit or stand behind the screen, but end up swinging to the music, or folding clothes, or whatever distracts me instead. It usually gets the creative juices flowing.
#WritersCoffeeClub 7 April: Do you combine poetic fragments and prose paragraphs in your work?
Absolutely. In Child of the Moon, the antagonist is a poet, so naturally I had to include a few snippets.
In Mrs. Cleyton, I end every chapter with a short poem, and they intertwine with the narrative.
You know I’m bad at lying, because I have to correct myself here… while all characters meet *their* ending, not all of them reach the ending of the book 😅
#WritersCoffeeClub 6 April: Do the plots or characters in your work converge towards a single point?
Of course they do, it’s called the ending. They may struggle along the way, and I leave the impact different for each of them, but they all get there.
Buy a Book. Save a Soul. Mrs. Cleyton tried to save three.
#mrsCleyton is available online and in select bookstores in #Haarlem, NL and #Brighton, UK. Grab your copy now!
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#WritersCoffeeClub 5: How can the physical form of the writing become part of the storytelling?
Well, one approach is by writing about writers. In fact, that's what Stephen King did with Salem's Lot and many of his other novels, and it's what pulled me into becoming a writer myself.
#WritersCoffeeClub 4 April: Do you switch between past and present tense? How do you make it work?
I don’t, and I’m not fond of reading in present tense either. I do switch regularly between past and past perfect, of course.
#WritersCoffeeClub 3 April: Have you studied writing? Did it prepare you, or did you learn more by doing?
I read a couple of books that were specifically about learning how to write. But as with all things in life, I learned more by doing.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 2 April: Visual presentation: how do white space and typography become meaningful elements of literary form?
I sometimes use whitespace consciously in poetry, but I don’t really for my novels. Except maybe with header alignment.
I’m rather oblivious when it comes to typography 😅
Today, #mrsCleyton has been released, her dogs ready to be unleashed upon the world.
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Thank you so much for bearing with me on this journey! ❤️
1 April: What arrangement of plots do you have? No plot? Only one? Something else?
With Mrs. Cleyton, the plot is pretty simple. 8 days from the life of Mrs. Cleyton are told in chapters interwoven with about 15 years of her deceased husband. It’s essentially one giant spiral staircase.
#WritersCoffeeClub 31 March: What are we celebrating regarding your writing this month?
So far, all the celebration is going on backstage. Mrs. Cleyton’s release is due in 2 days.
But for one thing, the pre-release book tour in Brighton was a success 😅
The book badlands in an eerie room with a man in the mirror.
They were best friends.
And bitter rivals.
Now, they may be mortal enemies.
Except, she’s supposed to be dead already…
Badlands - a dark #thriller. Out now.
mybook.to/Badlands2025
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#WritersCoffeeClub 30 March: What got in the way of your writing this month?
Marketing & release.
#WritersCoffeeClub 29 March: Share one of your writing milestones.
2 April 2026: The date #mrsCleyton is officially unleashed unto the world. The day her dogs will try to come and find new readers. The day from where unwards, #easter will never have the same connotations again.
#WritersCoffeeClub 28 March: Do you ever sacrifice blunt clarity for prose that flows well?
I dunno, I think both blunt clarity and some more purple prose have good use cases, but I can’t think of an instance where I intentionally scarificed one for the other.
#WritersCoffeeClub 27 March: If you had to pick one, would you say writing is a more exciting or cathartic process for you?
Generally exciting, though with Mrs. Cleyton, I felt I may have went a little too far into the other side. Anyway, makes me excited for my new WIP again :)
#WritersCoffeeClub 26 March: How much of a break or hiatus do you take between works?
I don’t really schedule breaks for myself. Inspiration comes when it does, so I let the ink flow when my pen wills it.
Did a bit of a hiatus during my last work though, when I hit my first writer’s block.
#WritersCoffeeClub 25 March: The vulnerability of sharing: what do you feel when a loved one reads your work?
Depends on the person, but most of all gratitude. It’s an intimate but also powerful way to connect; letting others read into the fabrications of one’s mind.
30 copies of Mrs. Cleyton delivered to my hotel in Brighton.
#mrsCleyton has arrived.
If you’re in #Brighton, come see me at the Sidewinder pub from 14:00. Signed copies available.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 24 March: Do you have a writerly "third place"?
Not in real life, no. The writing instance on Mastodon is the closest I have that counts: indieauthors.social/home
The book ruins in a graveyard surrounded by ghosts.
A haunted house, but it’s a boat on the Norfolk Broads and she’s trapped on it with her mother, step-sister & creepy step-dad.
Oh, and one of them could be a killer…
mybook.to/Ruins
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#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
30 copies of Mrs. Cleyton delivered to the hotel
And so it begins.
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