Elina's Blog

Happy New Year! I admit it does feel a little strange sitting down to write this. Here I am, talking about my 'Happily Ever After' stories while the world outside seems determined to remind me daily how bleak things can be. There's something almost ...

Welcome, dear readers! So many of you have asked if I have a glossary for the Scottish Gaelic words, names and phrases in my books, and finally here it is. If you've read my Highland books, you've likely stumbled across quite a few Gaelic words that...

Hello, my lovely readers! So, you might have noticed a couple of surprise releases that popped up recently i.e two little novellas that materialized seemingly out of thin air. Plot twist: they surprised me just as much as they surprised you! Let me ...

I'm thrilled to share that I'm currently putting the finishing touches on The Eleventh House, a story that has taken me eleven years to write (or at least ponder writing). It's my first foray into sci-fi romantic suspense, and to be honest, it's bee...

Our women taught themselves medicine and set up medical teams. They performed critical surgeries under apartheid regimes. And gave birth at checkpoints as soldiers looked in between. Our women learned to teach in abandoned spaces. They built their o...

If I must die,  you must live  to tell my story  to sell my things  to buy a piece of cloth  and some strings,  (make it white with a long tail)  so that a child, somewh...