Some gifts impress because they are expensive. Others stay with you because they understand you. That is what made this one special. It arrived quietly, tucked in with an order from Austria. For an author, the perfect gift is rarely flashy. It does not need to be wrapped in velvet or announced with a flourish. It needs to speak to the private rhythm of writing, reading, editing, pausing, doubting, beginning again and living with words long after everyone else has gone to bed

Some launches arrive with fireworks. The best ones often arrive with a quiet refresh, a few final checks, and the lovely realisation that nothing has broken. Roxy is live. The emails have gone out. The posts have been published. The moving pieces have moved, the important boxes have been ticked, and everything is running as it should. That might sound simple, but anyone who has helped bring something live knows how much sits behind a calm launch day. There are drafts, decisio

Roxy to the Rescue is now available online. It can be bought at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and through your local bookstore upon request (through Ingramspark), ISBN: 978-1957913278. I am also excited to say that a percentage of the proceeds will be sent to the Kershaw County Humane Society in South Carolina, USA and to the Paws for Thought charity based in Ryde, Sydney, Australia.

Unfortunately, there's been a few issues getting Roxy out in the big wide world so we've had to postpone our go live date. You will be able to buy Roxy to the Rescue very soon. I'll keep you all updated.

So what does an author do while waiting for their work to be published? I don't know what other people do but I focus on my next title to...

https://www.amazon.com/Roxy-Rescue-Isabelle-Thomas/dp/1957913274 Follow Roxy's adventures as she spends her first day out of the pound....

Here is a sneak peak of a book I'm currently working on with a new illustrator. I hope you love little Roxy as much as I do.

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I've started working on a new project with my publishers, Hear Our Voices. It's to be a children's series about a school where all...