I can remember the day Elvis died. I was a teenager, the most junior reporter at a TV news station in Australia. When the news broke, my boss immediate scheduled the Elvis story as the lead item for that night’s news. I was confused – the idealistic, university-student me thought news was about politics…
Like so many people, I’ve seen Gone With the Wind. My vision of the American deep south was very much formed by Clark Gable’s charm and Vivien Leigh’s accent. I didn’t really believe either were strictly accurate, so on our Mississippi River road trip, I was very keen to visit some of the plantations…
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…
Continuing my blogs about my US road trip – I thought I should talk about the cause of the whole venture – the Mississippi River. At school we were taught that the Mississippi is one of the largest rivers in the world (4th longest I believe). We learned about its role in opening America…
I’m back from a fabulous road trip – crossing the USA from south to north along the Mississippi River – 1400 miles (or close to). Over the next few weeks I want to share some of that with you … There were a lot of literary references during the trip – and a lot…
I’m lost this week – lost in the America of the 1950’s – and before. I’ve been on a road trip from New Orleans to Chicago -totally immersed in Jazz and Blues and even a bit of country music. I had hoped I would have time to blog – but guess what… there are too many…
While in New Orleans for the Romantic Times Convention last week, I was able to take a side trip into one of the places I have always wanted to go – deep into the Louisiana swamps. South of the city, there’s a national park with a boardwalk built out into the swamp. It was a…
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…
I’m visiting New Orleans for the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention all this week. I will try to post some news – and some photos – but it’s going to be a busy week. There will be literally thousands of readers and writers here – all talking about romance novels. Wow! New Orleans is also…
