From Procrastination to Celebration I've been trying to write a novel since childhood. For some reason, it was much easier to write my first book (non-fiction) than it has been to complete my debut novel. But I'm done - whoop!!! And I'm celebrating today with a blog...

The Mindful Age There has been an explosion of mindfulness in recent years. Everyone has heard of it. It's the first time anything of its kind has been embraced by the medical field in western society and it's helping people of all walks of life. To me, mindfulness is...

The mapping of your heroic plot To plot or not to plot? Guest Blog by Author and Writer Coach Siofra O'Donovan If you're struggling with plot and you feel a little put off by Stephen King's premise that plot is all artifice and that the character should lead your...

Be Mine This story has been taken down. Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll tell you why I did this. I pinched a theme from my own story (this one) for another story. So it feels weird to have this one up still. Hope that makes...

Climate Change – what can I do? There’s an elephant in the room. Our climate is not just changing but it’s breaking down and people don’t want to talk about it. I want to talk solutions. Stuff we can do. Stuff that makes a difference. I sometimes wrestle with black...

Ask the right question ... to get an amazing answer Today's blog focuses on life wisdom - how to overcome setbacks using powerful questions. I'm still writing my first novel, and lately, it came to my attention that there are chunks of it that don't work yet. Some big...

One Year Anniversary Author Blog It’s a year to the day that I created sbrowneauthor.com and the social media platforms for it on Insta, Facebook and Twitter. I wanted to create a site for my author journey and to share also some of those short stories I’ve written...

Magical Mysuru Introduction to this Blog Series: 7/3/19: It has to be a good year. I’ve already been to India and it's not even St Patrick's Day. I’ve walked the golden sands of the Goa beaches, swam in the warm Arabian Sea, felt the wind in my hair as I drove a...

Writing for Cake Author Blog It’s the end of August, 2018 and this morning I was furiously typing away in order to make my August writing goal of increasing my wordcount by 18,500 words. To some this is laughable, but for me it took every shred of effort. I told...

Are Short Stories Bright Shiny Objects for the Aspiring Novelist? Author Blog It's the first day of August 2018, and I have had to officially ban myself from submitting or working on any short stories this month. Don't get me wrong.. July was a blast. I submitted...