For the last few months, I have been madly in love with Dan Mitchell (please don’t tell my husband). Dan is the hero in my second Coorah Creek book – and until now I’ve been keeping him a secret. He’s an intensely private man – we have spent many days together in the far…
I’m very excited to say I have a new short story available in a wonderful new anthology – Kisses and Cupcakes. It’s a great selection of stories from the Choc Lit authors – many of whom are among my favourite writers. My story is called ‘A Piece of Cake.’ Regular readers will know I lived…
What’s your favourite – historical or contemporary? YA perhaps or fantasy? Maybe a little futuristic romance? This weekend the London RNA chapter had a workshop on different romantic genres. The speakers were all authors I have read in various genres – so it was really fabulous to hear what they had to say. Alison Morton has…
I seem to have collected more than 400 books on my Kindle. How did that happen? Add to that the eight – yes 8 – bookshelves in my house, most of which are layered two books deep. I guess you could say I like reading. I never get as much time as I…
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…
It’s not the most imaginative name really – Battle. The town built on the site of the Battle of Hastings – which of course didn’t happen at Hastings at all – it happened at Battle. And there’s an abbey there too – called Battle Abbey. Or rather, the remains of an abbey. And a school…
According to ancient wisdom – we’re not supposed to… but we do it all the time. Book lovers will stick with a favourite author and just buy everything they write (hence the groaning noises coming from my bookshelves). But what about finding new authors – people we have never read before? Personal recommendations count for…
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!
