If you’ve been hearing high pitched excited squeals coming from the general direction of West London this week – well that was me. On Thursday I got a call to tell me that Flight To Coorah Creek is a finalist in the Romance Writers of Australia Ruby Award (Romantic Book of the Year Award). I…
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 multi-mega-blog post on the subject of dreams. Midsummer Dreams is a romantic comedy – but that isn’t keeping nightmares from sneaking into the…
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 hotel rooms – I see them all the time on the day job. This is a blog tour – and, to tell you…
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, old abbeys, stone age forts and the like wherever I find them. I have always said I am not a big fan of…
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 guy in front of me, successful in getting an XX-Large of his chosen design, said to me .. ‘I have the T-shirt for…
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 and the advice of tutors helps too. Then there is a lovely location and good food – even perhaps a glass of wine.…
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. As an author, I draw on real-life experiences in my stories and my characters. In real life – I travel a lot for…
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 writes historical novels that are regulars in the New York Times bestseller lists – and I was ready to learn whatever she had…