Last night the Romantic Novelists Association held their Romantic Novel of the Year Awards Ceremony. This is a glittering evening of canapés and bubbles in the wonderful Gladstone Library in Whitehall Place. It was particularly special for me this year, because my book Little Girl Lost was shortlisted for the Epic Romantic Novel of the…
This week for me has been about diversity… and the many different ways we express our individuality. The reason – books and knitting. To explain. I was looking forward to the Knitting and Stitching Show at London Olympia – the exhibition space and convention centre in Kensington. It’s huge. I had forgotten just how big it…
The blog is on tour this week. You can find me over at the Take Five Authors blog – where I am talking about the way we plot. At a workshop last weekend, I was fascinated by the idea of using dialogue to plot. For someone who doesn’t like to plot (that’s me) it seems…
You know those moments when you finally get to… not exactly meet but spend time listening to someone you have really admired for a long time. One of two things will happen. Either you’ll be disappointed, or you’ll fall in love. And isn’t it the best thing in the world when it’s the latter? This…
I have gone visiting this weekend over on the Take Five Authors blog – where I am talking about making a perfect man.. Do we really want a perfect hero – or are his imperfections what make us really love him? Pop over to Take Five Authors for more…..
I read a film last night. I know what you are thinking – and yes, I watched it too. In fact I did both. At the same time. And it was quite an eye opener. The film was A Few Good Men – which of course features an absolutely brilliant performance by Jack Nicholson. A…
When I first came to live in England, one of the things that amazed me was all the conversation about roads – or more precisely routes. I’d listen to people saying – ‘The M3 was jammed so I exited at the A30 and came via the B389…..’ This doesn’t happen in the outback of Australia.…
It’s been an exciting week – mostly postage related. It started when the nice parcel delivery man knocked on the door to give me a big brown cardboard box. It contained my paperback copies of Little Girl Lost. The paperback is officially released this month. It’s lovely to have a copy to pat. And no,…