Welcome to White Ink!

First of all, a little introduction to me:

I have been a print and broadcast journalist for more than 28 years, writing for newspapers including The Times, The Guardian, The Observer, The Telegraph and The Sunday Times Magazine. I was formally an executive editor at the Daily Mail.

I have ghostwritten nine memoirs including Somebody I Used to Know and What I Wish People Knew About Dementia by Wendy Mitchell which were both Sunday Times Bestsellers and our final book together, One Last Thing, was recently announced as The Spectator’s Book of the Year in 2023. I was also longlisted for Britain’s biggest political writing prize, The Orwell Prize, for writing CUT: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today by Hibo Wardere.

I am also a novelist and my debut, The Imposter, was published in April 2021 by Pan Macmillan.

Just some of the books that I have written…

My whole career in newspapers, magazines and books has been about empowering women’s voices, writing fierce polemic, and tackling controversial issues of the day. I have worked for almost all of the major UK and international publishing houses, and my books have been translated into dozens of languages.

So why have I called this space White Ink? Well, firstly, I’ve been drawn to this name for some time, it is a writing term, coined originally by Hélène Cixous, and to her it meant feminist writing, it was, she said, the way that all women write of the female experience, with their breast milk, or that of their ancestors – it is the ink we women use to pass down our stories. I liked that.

It also has that ghostly quality about it, don’t you think? What else do I write in but white ink, I am quite literally a ghost on the page, and yet the words wouldn’t make it there without me.

So White Ink it is. It allows me to write about the feminist topics I feel most passionately about. It gives me the opportunity to write more about fiction and non-fiction. And it creates a community that embraces all of these topics that I love, as well as news from The Book Room, my online bookshop.

But here’s what makes White Ink so special — Write With Me, my online creative writing group. This is your chance to meet with me, a bestselling author every single month to discuss your writing journey, whether that is in memoir, non-fiction or fiction –– all for the price of one (slightly expensive) coffee a month.

Becoming a member for just £6 a month (31% cheaper if you go for the annual membership) brings you these fantastic benefits:

• Access to my full archive of material with tips and practical advice about writing

• Access to my full archive of guest author posts and all the writing craft wisdom they have shared

• Accountability — this is a big one that every writer needs no matter how experienced you are. Being a member of White Ink means we check in each month in my Write With Me Club to see how your work in progress is coming along

• A chance to comment on threads, notes, posts, and, in the not too distant future, each other’s work as I introduce workshopping

• But most importantly, the Write With Me Club itself, my monthly online creative writing group will give you help, guidance, new ideas, and a professional who you can call on for advice on your own writing, we might even have some special guests from time to time.

There is no better time to join than now.

If you’re going to make 2024 the year to finally write that book, making yourself a member of White Ink today is the best way to get started on that writing journey. Nowhere else will you get access to all this for just a fiver a month.

Upgrade your membership today and start enjoying all the benefits of being a member of White Ink.

I hope to see you at my Write With Me Club soon!

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Writer || Sunday Times bestselling ghostwriter || Orwell Prize Nominee || novelist || online indie bookstore owner ||