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I’m not afraid of heights – honestly I’m not. I have a healthy respect for things I might fall off – chairs, ladders, horses… But heights… I’m fine… ish. I’m in Toronto…
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A cover story
After seeing my Russian cover last week, I started thinking about book covers, and how they vary from place to place. This was all the excuse I needed to spend a lovely…
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Look what I just found…
This is the Russian cover for The Farmer Needs A Wife. I can’t read any of the Russian, of course, but it’s very exciting to see it.
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Holding out for a red-haired hero
I am in Miami this week – home of spectacular sunrises, a pretty good basketball team and THE red-haired hero. I speak of Horatio Caine – CSI Miami’s taciturn but oh-so-sexy hero…
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A town called… something
I’m building a town. Not a real town you understand – but the town where my next three books are going to be set. It’s a mining town in the Australian outback…
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A visit to the zoo
We went to the Bronx Zoo this weekend. There was still some snow on the ground – and it was pretty cold. It started snowing again soon after we arrived and I…
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Three times the fun
I’m not much of a plotter. When I start a book, I have the characters firmly set in my head – but the plot is a different matter. I know broadly what…
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Where the stories come from.
Writing is a funny thing – sometimes I wake and up have 2,000 words written before lunch. Other days, I can’t seem to construct three consecutive sentences. Ideas are the same. Sometimes…
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Sending a Story Home
I was shocked by the devastating floods that hit Queesland shortly after Christmas. It’s very hard to be so far away and see such terrible pictures of the places you know. Luckily, my…