Nillu Nasser's Blog

Happy new year, everyone. I hope it is kind to you, filled with love, good health and what your heart needs.

The fog of the festive rush is finally lifting and I’m starting to feel grounded again. Here’s my 2023 More/Less List, inspired by Julia Rothman and Kate Bingaman-Burt.

What would you like more/less of this year?

Created with Midjourney

It’s that time of year when I’ve bought a new paper diary and start thinking about goals for next year. I’m looking backwards as well as forwards, peeling back the layers with the benefit of hindsight to work out where I should go next.

When the Covid pandemic arrived in the UK in March 2020, I was writing my third literary fiction novel. It had a dark theme about motherhood and was difficult to write in a year that included pandemic worries, lockdowns, homeschooling our ...

These characters have lived in my head for two years.

It’s finally launch day for the last book in the Druid Heir series, MIDLIFE BATTLE

The story features:

 A magic-wielding woman thriving in midlife

Action and adventure 

Friends like family

 The dark side of London

 A library amongst the stars

 A slow-burn romance sub-plot

The e-book is exclusive to Amazon and is also available in Kindle Unlimited. The paperback will be available at all retailers later this week.

BLURB:

My nails made littl...

This has been cooking behind the scenes for a while and so excited to share it with you.

I’m thrilled to be contributing a story to this magical anthology alongside nine wonderful PWF and cozy mystery authors.

New stories from: Louisa West, Morgana Best, Nancy Warren, Dionne Lister, Jenna St. James, C. A. Phipps, Jane Hinchey, N. Z. Nasser, Nyx Halliwell and Kate Moseman.

For readers of paranormal fiction who like their reads sweet. You can get the Sweetly Spellbound anthology at the special pre...

Photo by Nick Kenrick

Many moons ago, I read Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way and it changed the way I thought about creativity. In it, Julia recommends journalling, termed by her as morning pages, as a conduit to clearing our minds and greater creativity. 

I’ve journaled since I was a teenager, but sometimes I leave months between entries. I was reminded recently that that the beauty of morning pages is excavating our minds of the burdens we carry, and as a tool to explore thoughts we might oth...

Welcome to my interview series, In the Armchair.

Today, I’m delighted to welcome my author friend Daryl Rothman back to the blog. He gave us such a wonderful interview the first time, that I invited him back to share his newest release with us.

Our friendship goes back to our early days on Twitter, in those heady days when we both blogged more. Years later, we both signed to the same publishing house. It’s been wonderful to his creativity continue and to see his books take flight into the world....

It’s launch day for MIDLIFE ECLIPSE, Druid Heir Book 6 . It features:

 A magic-wielding woman over 40

Action adventure

Friends like family

 Gods and goddesses

 A library amongst the stars

 A second chance at love

The e-book is exclusive to Amazon and is also available in Kindle Unlimited. The paperback will be available at all retailers later this week.

BLURB:

“Dreams are such fragile things. Nebulous wishes oxygenated by slumber. You enjoyed a taste of your dream. Now I will turn it into bla...

I have three pieces of news that can’t wait to share with you!

First up, it’s launch day for MIDLIFE PORTALS, Druid Heir Book 5 . I’m so excited about this one. I think it might be the best yet. It features:

 A magic-wielding woman over 40

Action adventure

Friends like family

 Gods and goddesses

 Stonehenge

 A second chance at love

The old gods are rising, even the ones Alisha has defeated before. Alisha’s friends are in danger and not even Wildwoods is a safe haven anymore. Plus it has a love...

Photo by Emilio Kuffer

A while back, Samuel Peralta, an author I have long admired from afar, and whose posts here on the book of faces often make me stop and think, dreamed up a wonderful contemporary arts and culture project called The Lunar Codex.

The project involves sending books, art and film in digital and analog form to the moon in time capsules. They will be hitching a ride on a NASA mission.He just announced that he has chosen anthologies I am part of to include in The Lunar C...

Today’s the release day for MIDLIFE DRIFT (Druid Heir Book 4)

MIDLIFE DRIFT features:

A magic-wielding woman in her midlife

Action adventure

A family rift

A magical octopus

A tattoo artist

The dark side of London

A slow-burn second chance at love sub-plot

The e-book is exclusive to Amazon and is also available in Kindle Unlimited. The paperback is at all retailers.

BLURB:

“Real power is not grasping or vengeful. It is quiet, but it is still fierce. It is a whisper you hear inside yourself.”...