Morsel’s First Birthday

Morsel's final edit, passing through my hag stone and into the future

For a year and a day now my very first book baby has been making her way into the world. Self published on the Aries equinox after years - some would say decades - of procrastination, ruthless editing, relentless changes in form and shape, long stretches of self doubt and even greater nights of scribbling and scribing. Pouring my soul out on to the pages, weaving its song through magical tales to carry us all away.

Morsel was the realisation of a dream that still claws at my insides and compels me to write. It was my keeping of the oldest promise I made to myself and all my littles who wanted nothing more than to write their way through the world and this life. And we do.

Today I begin a brand spanking new wonder project, even as I polish up my next book of spells. But this morning over tea and sunshine and under the initiate's new moon I am in a puddle of delight with Morsel. She has built a hunger in me and an appetite for more of the same, on its way.

Thank you to those who have held her to their hearts and shared kind words as she found homes in you. A hearty cheer to those who stocked her in your shops and supported this highly independent publish. Please get in touch if your creation could house mine too.

To celebrate Morsel's first candle on the cake, every purchase made this birthday week will include a second copy for you to gift or give away. All copies arrive signed and sealed with a wish, which you can personalise when you order here.

Happy birthday, my beautiful book baby! Here's to many more…books.