I'm doing what I love and that is enough

But I am determined to get through this… Image by Jakub Kopczyński from Pixabay A few weeks ago I wrote here and on Substack about suffering writers block for the first time in…

I'm excited but scared...will this work??

It's been a mixed week of blessings and challenges. That's life, right?

a poem

Coming to terms with what works and what doesn’t. Image by congerdesign from Pixabay If only I knew where my sales came from. Sometimes I know – a reader might comment th…

Whoo hoo! I told you I'd have good news this week.

And then it took it away again… Image by rawpixel from Pixabay It’s coming up two years since I joined the writing platform Medium. For years, various author friends had …

It's okay, I got over it but it wasn't fun

And then it took it away again… Image by rawpixel from Pixabay It’s coming up two years since I joined the writing platform Medium. For years, various author friends had …

a poem

a poem

a poem

Reclaiming my love of drawing When I was a child I’d lose hours alone with a notebook, writing stories about lost and neglected animals and illustrating them myself. If you’d asked me b…

I Need More Me’s! Image by TyliJura from Pixabay If you’ve followed my blog for a while you’ll probably know that I find it impossible to work on just one writing project at a tim…

a poem

Here’s an interview I did this week for our little indie collective Chasing Driftwood Books! A gripping sequel to her 2016 novel, The Mess of Me, this book dives back into the world of J…

Brief Description – a group of teenagers growing up amd dealing with adult issues. I had the honour of reading this as an Advanced Reader Copy [ARC). You know how sometimes a story fills you …

My personal Substack. Click to read Camilla’s Substack, by Camilla Downs, a Substack publication. Launched 23 days ago.

Only a week to go until my 23rd book is released… Exactly one week from now, my 23rd book, which just so happens to be the sequel to my first ever book, will be released! The Mess Of Us came …

Paid attention to glimmers of hope

And how I will still maintain an online author presence Image by Pexels from Pixabay Do you remember when you got your first mobile phone? I guess everyone does. I was twenty, it was…