Dreams and Nightmares
What do you dream about? What is your worst nightmare? My good friend and sometimes co-conspirator Alison May has a new book out – Midsummer Dreams. To celebrate, she’s holding a world-wide…
Category: Writing
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On Tour with The Wild One
It sounds like a rock concert tour doesn’t it – but I’m referring to all the fun I’ve been having on the book tour. This isn’t a tour that involves planes and…
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A sudden diversion in time
It had to happen one day. Regular readers of this blog know I am a bit of a history buff and spend as much time as I can climbing over ruined castles,…
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Been there, seen them, got the T-shirt
I was in a fashion scrum this week – struggling in a crowd to get my hands on the latest designs… not, not shoes. T-shirts. Specifically a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert T-shirt. The…
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Fun or hard work? A bit of both.
I love writing retreats – it’s just fabulous to be able to focus entirely on my writing and ignore all the cares of the world. Of course, the companionship of other writers…
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Knitting up a story
This is my latest knitting project – it’s a pretty baby jacket. I’ve never knitted a baby thing before, and there was a very good reason I suddenly had to knit this.…
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Surviving as a writer
Talking to other authors, particularly the top-selling authors, is a great way to learn. Not long ago, the fabulous Eloisa James spoke to a fascinated audience at the RNA meeting in London. Eloisa…
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Announcing… The Wild One
I am totally thrilled to announce (drum roll, trumpet fanfare … etc) the second Coorah Creek novel – The Wild One. I know I say this about all my books – but…