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…
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…
He’s got long ears, is made of chocolate and appears everywhere this time of year – No, I’m not talking about the Easter Bunnie – I’d like you to meet the Easter Bilby. That’s right – Bilby. For those who aren’t from Down Under, the Bilby is a small marsupial native to Australia. They…
Masada is a place of legend – and a place I had always wanted to visit – and on my recent trip to Israel, I did. It was spectacular in so many ways – it’s really hard to know where to start. There’s history and geology and tragedy and Peter O’Toole… I guess it…
The answer to that is very low – when you are in Israel. I got down to 427 metres (that’s 1,401 ft) BELOW sea level – the lowest place on the planet where you can still breathe… I’m talking about the Dead Sea of course – what an astounding place it is…
The Diamond District – the words leaped off the hotel website at me. If I was going to spend a couple of weeks working in Tel Aviv – the Diamond District was just the place for me to stay. So today – on a rare day off – I set out on the great…