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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 – played by David Caruso. Horatio has risen above a great handicap to become a hero. His intelligence and strength, moral fibre and…
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 – and it’s going to be as much a character in these books as some of the people who live in it. The…
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 started to wonder if this was perhaps not the best day for a visit to the zoo. Then we spotted the lions.
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 I’m writing about – the journey my characters have to take – but the actual events… no idea! I tend to jump in…
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 they tumble over each other in my head, sometimes there’s just an empty space where the ideas should be. When I first heard…
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 family and friends escaped without any serious damage. Then a friend alerted me to a project called 100 stories for Queensland. The idea was…
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 look – and hope you do too. All of the pictures we’ve used for the banners and the footers on each page were…
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas… …and a Happy New Year. Janet X
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 way to see a new country. And there was SO much to see. The trip passed really quickly – well, apart from the…
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 on TV… so was not about to miss the chance to join in the fun. line The giant balloons for the Thanksgiving…