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
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A New Look
Well – the blog is back for 2011. I’ve been quiet for a couple of weeks – because Webmaster John and I have been busy redesigning my wesite. I love the new
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Happy Holidays!
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas… …and a Happy New Year. Janet X
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Crossing the country on a train.
I’ve just been to Montreal and back – on a train. The journey was over ten hours each way – and I loved it. Seriously – I did. It’s a great
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Trying My Hand at Thanksgiving
It’s hard for someone who hasn’t grown up with Thanksgiving to understand the place it holds in people’s hearts here in the USA. However, I have seen images of the Macy’s parade