I’m about to start on a new venture. I teach writing, and run workshops and retreats. In my day job, I do online training for a technology firm. So I now get to combine the two and launch my first Online Writing Lab This course is being carried out under the banner of the Romance…
If you read #6 in this series, we were talking about T-shirts. I didn’t buy a Harry and Meghan T-shirt, and not just because my cupboard has no more room for souvenir T-shirts. But there was one, or rather two, T-shirts I had terrible trouble resisting… because of who was wearing them. How cute…
I am a really good tourist. Seriously. I love travelling and when I travel I buy souvenirs. My house is full of them. I once had a competition going with a friend to see who could find the tackiest souvenir ever. And yes, there are a few Royal wedding souvenirs that might be eligible……
Counting down… A couple of my neighbours are getting ready for a wedding. By neighbours, I mean them that live in that big castle just a couple of miles up the road from me. It’s a week until Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get married at Windsor Castle. As an Australian, I find all…
This week saw the Romantic Novelists’ Association RoNA Awards event. This is one of the highlights of my year – and even more so this year as I was one of the shortlisted authors. Wedding Bells by the Creek didn’t win it’s category, but that’s ok. The award went to my friend Jane Lovering –…
Fine spring evenings are wonderful. And they are even better when you can spend it in one of your favourite places. For me this week that was Cecil Court in the centre of London. Cecil Court is a lovely old street, now a pedestrian way, filled with lovely old shops selling books – old and…
Can you imagine writing with the world’s biggest-selling novelist? Taking his ideas and turning them into chapters – and then… gasp… he looks at those chapters and criticises them. He tells you exactly what you got right and wrong. My knees shake at the very thought, but that’s what working with James Patterson is all…
A balcony, a sunset, a sea view and a glass of wine – no, not a romantic weekend away (I wish) – it was the 25th Annual Romance Writers of Australia conference. This had the theme Ain’t Love Grand, and was held in the lovely city of Adelaide. This is the second time I have…