Does size matter? Writers are a bit obsessed by numbers. I’m not talking about sales figures for our books (although we can get pretty obsessive about those too). Get more than one author in a room and within a couple of minutes someone is going to mention “word count”. Word counts haunt our dreams…
Authors are terribly insecure creatures. Seriously. It could almost be the dictionary definition – Author (noun): strange person who talks to imaginary people in their head. Also a heaving mass of doubt and uncertainty. Past successes, great reader reviews for my earlier books and even fan letters don’t help when I send a new book…
I always try to keep my promises. Back in May when I told you about my next novel Flight To Coorah Creek, I said there might be a small treat in store for you before its publication. Well, the book is out in March – but you get that small treat now. It’s a…
I am very nearly finished writing my new book. In fact – by the time you read this, I may well have finished. Writing a book is like giving birth – there are times things race along at great speed and you think – this will be done soon. There are other times when…
I have about as much artistic design ability as my cat – possibly less. So my book covers make me nervous. I know my book better than anyone… and I should know what cover will suit it. But I don’t. I have ideas – and they are usually rubbish – because I am a writer,…
I have finally bid farewell to my much loved old phone. It made telephone calls , took photos and sent messages – but even that was a bit of an effort. So now I have a smart phone… and am worried that it might just be smarter than me… My excuse was that I needed…
After talking about heroes last week (a favourite pastime) I thought in the interests of equality this week I should talk about heroines… While it was easy to come up with great heroes and understand what makes them great – I found it a lot harder with heroines. The first thing I realised was…
I’ve reached the part of my new book where my heroine has to decide between two very different men… and that got me thinking about heroes. What makes a man a hero? What sets him apart from (dare I say above) other men? I’ve made a list… because lists are good.