I’ve been re-reading a few of my favourite old books. Well – not so old. Some were written in the 80s and 90s… and I was immediately struck by how much technology has changed the world. In particular an author’s world. I’m not just talking about how much time we spend on Twitter and Facebook…
As writers – we paint pictures with words… right? But what about those times we need to paint pictures with – well… pictures. With blogs and Facebook and Pinterest and other social media – we all have to manage images at some time. And with phones in our cameras … who knows what opportunities will…
Can you imagine a whole weekend devoted to romantic novels – filled with people who love reading and writing them? The lovely market town of Leighton Buzzard was inundated with writers and booklovers this weekend – for the Annual festival of Romantic Fiction. What fun it was too!
It’s that time of the year again… and the other day I found myself humming the theme song from Summer Holiday – you know – the old film starring Cliff Richard… I stopped myself – a bit embarrassed. But then I thought, why should I be embarrassed? It’s an old film that now seems…
I was at the fabulous RNA conference last weekend – where I delivered a workshop on how to use settings more effectively in a book. My workshop was at 9 AM the morning after the Gala Dinner – but despite the late night party, a large number of hearty souls were up and about…
This week, I had the absolute pleasure of spending some time at the Wellington Library , near Telford in Shropshire. The event was a readers and writers day held in conjunction with the Romantic Novelists Association conference. There was storytelling for kids and discussion about books and writing. Thanks to the library staff and…
This week, at the RNA London Chapter, my good friend and fabulous historical writer Jean Fullerton gave a writing workshop. I love going to writing workshops. It doesn’t matter how many books I have written – I believe there is always more to learn about writing – and who better to learn it from…
Wow – what a week it’s been. Along with some fellow authors from Choc Lit, I’ve been in New Orleans for the Romantic Times Booklovers convention. Something in the vicinity of 3,000 readers and authors and librarians and booksellers all in party mode – sorry, I meant to say all working very hard. On…