A Cuppa With Catherine

Pop the kettle on and settle in for a cuppa. Catherine Lynwood invites you to share in her updates, reflections, and the worlds and characters she brings to life—like old friends having a natter over tea.

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Writing Beth: The Girl Who Was Never Allowed to Be a Child

She was exploited too young, but she was never weak. Writing her wasn’t easy, but it mattered.

Teenage girl sitting alone on concrete steps, looking guarded but strong.

Beth’s story is raw, painful, and all too real. Here’s why I wrote her that way, and why she’s stronger than she knows.

19 August 2025

Four Days to Go, Why This Story Still Haunts Me

It began with silence. It ends with fire. And in four days, it belongs to you.

A quiet symbolic image of anticipation, release, and reflection — capturing the final moments before something begins.

Only days remain before The Alpha Flame is released. Here’s what I want you to know, about the story, the wait, and why this book still stays with me.

17 August 2025

The Kind of Monster You Know: Writing Rick

Why The Alpha Flame needed a threat that feels real, human, and terrifyingly ordinary.

Portrait of a middle-aged man with a calm, unsettling expression in moody lighting.

Rick isn't a caricature of evil. He's the danger that hides in plain sight. Here's why The Alpha Flame needed that kind of darkness.

16 August 2025

Writing Sex Honestly: Balancing Romance, Transaction, and Abuse in The Alpha Flame

Why I refused to fade to black, and how writing all kinds of sex scenes was necessary to tell the truth.

Beth sat on an expensive car in her working girl

An honest look at why The Alpha Flame: Discovery includes romantic, transactional, and abusive sex, and why leaving any out would have been dishonest.