Happy birthday, Grace!

I'm a slow writer. It probably has something to do with the fact I don't plan my novels so I can happily write a whole book before deciding I don't like the direction it's taking and have to go back to the beginning! One day, maybe, I'll learn how to write the right way. So, …

How to be Happy

I wrote a short story, once, with that title - How to be Happy. I know - pretty shocking for something with 'happy' in the title to come from my pen, but there you go. It's still in draft form, so I may even get back to it at some point. I chose that title …

Making it up as I go along

The observant among you will note that I've changed my blogging day to Monday. When I decided I'd post a series of interviews, I was going to do them on the third Monday of each month but continue posting around the Thursday/Friday as well. I realised that was a little unfair on my interviewees because …

The first five days!

It's been an amazing week of reviews, interviews, shares, comments and - of course - a quick bottle of bubbly and a huge bouquet of flowers from my wonderful husband. I've also been stalking the Amazon and Goodreads stats - so far, not too bad - which, for the non-writers among you, is entirely natural …

I’M A NOVELIST!

I've always been a writer. Then, with the publication of my first short story, I became an author. Now I'm a novelist! I might have mentioned it... Today, I'm going to be popping up on social media, wafting around like a novelist, doing novelisty things like stalking Amazon sales lists and eating far too much …

A few places to find me this week

Every so often, several things converge - by happy accident rather than design - and this week is one of them! Grace and Serenity has received this incredible 5* review from the Book Reviewing Mum. I'm absolutely overwhelmed by it! Anne Goodwin has also reviewed it on her Annecdotal websiteI've been interviewed by author Camilla …

A little bit of publicity

So, the world's not calming down any, I guess. The silent, early days of the UK lockdown have exploded into this heightened emotion spilling out. I'm not going to linger on it. It's an ongoing, expanding situation, but I'm sure one day it'll seep into my writing. And, one day, I'll feel able to write …

I’m back!

Hello! Anyone there? I know, I know... it's been a while. How're you doing? Personally, I'm very confused about all these new WordPress features. And at the moment, it doesn't take much to confuse me. I'm in the middle of writing a new novel, I've got edits of another to figure out and - you …