I look forward to having a holiday for three reasons – one it means I actually get out of the house, two, I’m usually somewhere near the sea, and three, because now I have an excellent excuse to buy more books. I don’t really need an excuse, of course. Usually, I have to hide what…
Hello, hello! My but you do look fabulous in that shirt. The screen really brings out your eyes. So I thought, because, you know, I have lots of work to do, like cleaning out my closet, taking the dog for another walk, oh and editing my Christmas book, which has just come back for round…
Greetings from my messy desk in not-yet-spring, Suffolk. February went by in a blink, don’t you think? In many ways, for me, it was a breather month as I wasn’t under a major deadline- so I could just write at a comfy pace and spend some time in the slow lane for a while. I…
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I am thrilled to share my exciting news – I’ve been offered a new three book deal with Bookouture! So this will mean that I have six books out before the end of next year! Woo hoo! Er, and gulp 😉 Here is the post from my publishers: We are thrilled to announce that Bookouture have…
Hello everyone! Great news! The Summer Escape – previously published as An Invincible Summer about love, loss, a burnt down vineyard and following your heart in beautiful Crete, is available now for free from NetGalley for book bloggers, vloggers, and book lovers, grin! Get it here – note you have to be signed in to see…
So yesterday the incredibly talented and fabulous designer and illustrator Tanya Bezuidenhout, of The Tin Can Studio, who just happens to be a great friend (yes, I am that lucky) sent me the cover for The Postcard. We’d been working on the draft for a couple of days, playing around with different ideas including using an actual…
I have this little chalkboard on my desk where I’ve written the word Believe. It’s about giving myself over to the magic of writing, and trusting that when I sit down to write everyday, the magic will come. Elizabeth Gilbert wrote a while ago that her first novel was the hardest thing she ever wrote, that the words…
I have a writing room. It’s a beautiful space, filled with a large dining room table that I distressed myself to a light shabby chic French grey. My chair is a Queen Anne antique that I picked up for a song, and lining my walls are stacks of my favourite books. But I never write here.…
This may come as rather a surprise to the lovely readers who have so very kindly followed my blog (much love to you all) but until now, most of the unfinished manuscripts filling my desk draw were all fantasy novels. Sort of in the vein of, but obviously not half as brilliant, as Neil Gaimon or Terry Pratchett. Don’t…
Isn’t that a beautiful title? Taken from a Dylan Thomas poem, the theme of which inspired the first novel of the incredible writing talent of Nicola Ann Roberts, who is being featured here today. What I love about blogging is the amazing community of like-minded people that you find. There’s something so incredible about speaking to someone who is…
