It’s a kind of magic
It was magical! How often have we heard that said? People say it about special moments in their lives. About Christmas. And weddings. Birthdays and trips and even unplanned and unexpected moments.…
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Much more than just pointy ears
I was going to blog this week about a big hole in the ground in Wales – but got diverted by the sad loss of Leonard Nimoy – universally known as…
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Industrial Archaeology
I recently travelled back in time about 200 years – into the heart of the industrial revolution. I explored the coal pits and the iron works and the factories that were part…
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Proud of what we do…
This week the RNA announced the shortlists for the Romantic Novel of the year awards. As the RNA website administrator, I spent a lot of time working with the shortlist images and…
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On the subject of sex…
There are times I really hate sex – literary sex, of course – what else? Everywhere I went this week, I was confronted with posters advertising the film version of 50 Shades…
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Haunted by the send button.
There it is – hovering in the top corner of my screen like some digital vulture. Do you see it on your screen too … the SEND button. I’ve recently sent a…
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Judging the best
It’s awards season… We all know what that means – Hollywood on show. Gorgeous men in tailored suits, beautiful woman in fab frocks and far too much time spent on the internet…
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Some books to consider
With a bit of spare time during the holidays, I was able to catch up on some reading (not that my to be read pile seems any smaller). I tried to…
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The perils of the first person.
Whenever you get a group of writers together, at some point the conversation is going to swing round to the eternal debate – whether it is best to write in the first…