Crime at the Coast
The WIP is standing at 65,000 words and growing slowly. Too slowly. The word count isn’t being helped by all this Going OutOut. Sunday saw me attend Crime at the Coast at Torquay Museum. Crime isn’t a genre I read all that often but I have been known to indulge occasionally. A couple of friends […]
News … News … News!
Absolutely delighted to tell you I’ve signed with the amazing Bloodhound Books. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind and I’ve been busy liaising with their team who have all been incredibly efficient and welcoming. Bloodhound will publish my Christmas book next October and I’ll tell you more just as soon as I know. In […]
A Giddy Gadabout Part 2
Part 2 of being a giddy gadabout nearly didn’t happen. Ralph-Spaniel has been poorly with an ear infection and then became really poorly. He went downhill rapidly, threw up a huge fistful of grass (oh the delights of dog owning) and refused to eat. This is very unlike Ralph as he’s a foodie and permanently starving so […]
A Giddy Gadabout Part 1
Brace yourself campers. This is a long one! This month I signed up to do NaNoWriMo. I promised to write 50,000 words during November. That means roughly 2,000 words a day. As the current work in progress stands at about 50,000, I thought it might give me the incentive to get the first draft finished. https://nanowrimo.org/ I didn’t […]
A Grumbling Gallbladder
A spell in hospital has consumed me. No writing done for weeks. After a night rolling around in agony, with accompanying vomiting, I had a phone appointment with the paramedic who is attached to my GP’s surgery. ‘Go to A&E now!’ he ordered. Bit dramatic, I thought but his diagnosis was spot on and I […]
A Doggy Bloggy Part 2
It was International Dog Day yesterday. As I was out I missed posting but it was lovely to catch up with all the doggy pics on social media. Seeing as I didn’t share pictures of my two hounds, I thought it might be a good opportunity (excuse!) to celebrate some of my fictional dogs. There’s […]
Love, Laughter and the Suitcase of Doom: Part 2
So, to the Suitcase of Doom. I’ve had a grin plastered on my face all week from memories of the conference. Lots of catching up with old friends done, lots of opportunities to make new ones and get to know those only previously known online. It was a fantastic weekend. I wish I could say […]
Love, Laughter and the Suitcase of Doom: Part 1
It was the Romantic Novelists’ Association conference and the room was full of love. It really was! It was that time of year again. Time for the annual conference. Except excitement was mounting even more feverishly because it was going to be the first time we were able to meet in person for three years. News of possible rail strikes and heatwaves […]
Mary Stewart
Last month’s edition of Writing Magazine (highly recommended by the way for all things writerly) featured Susanna Kearsley choosing her favourite books. I’m a longtime fan of Susanna Kearsley’s books and have always read and reread Mary Stewart so I was thrilled. Without giving it much thought, I fired off a letter. Opened the August […]
A Country Mouse Goes OutOut
It’s been a long three years since the last author party was held and even longer since I was able to attend. It’s a pretty hot ticket so you can guess how thrilled I was when the invite popped into my inbox. Yes, this country mouse was going to the Harper Collins Summer Party! The […]