Like many, I have a quote that always pops into my head whenever I’m going through a particularly stressful period. Or am chipping away at a veritable iceberg sized goal. It always makes me take a step back and try to put things in perspective. The quote is : “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”…
Unlike one of the characters in my novels, who despises lists of all kinds: to-do lists, bucket lists, top travel places to visit lists, books you should read before you die lists, I on the other hand am a big fan. Especially fun lists. Lists for the sake of having a list are a real source of…
I am a big fan of crazy, ambitious goals. I think it has a little something to do with being the kind of person who always starts projects the day before. Caffeine, cigarettes, and working well after midnight, fuelled four years of varsity. Not to mention years of being a journalist with a weekly deadline. While I’ve…
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Hello everyone! I had the honour of being interviewed by the lovely Isabell from Dreaming with Open Eyes who featured me as a spotlight author this week. Isabell is a well-known book blogger from Germany, who manages to fit in her reading love between her demanding day job as a talented media designer. Her reviews are very…
WHAT HAVE I DONE? Why am I on a plane? To Crete? Sometimes running away is the answer On an ordinary Tuesday Ria Laburinthos decides to run away. There is nothing ordinary about her decision though. It’s been coming on for years by grief compounded by her dreaded job as an obituary writer for London’s weekly…
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’m very excited to feature, bestselling author Cathy Bramley on the blog today. Reading her books, is like being wrapped up in a blanket on a chilly afternoon, while someone lovely brings you a cup of cocoa … Cathy is the author of Conditional Love, Ivy Lane, a serialised novel told in four parts. (Ivy Lane Winter was…
Read more An interview with the queen of the feel-good read Cathy Bramley
Bestselling romantic comedy author Jan Ellis, writes fun and fabulous eBooks for grown-ups, such as An Unexpected Affair and French Kisses. While I’m quite sure I’ve never met a real ‘grown-up’ before … I’ve enjoyed getting to know Jan and her lovely writing as well as her great sense of humour, and I hope you will too. Meet the…
Read more Romantic comedy for grown-ups? An interview with bestselling author Jan Ellis
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.…
I’m very excited to be taking part in NaNoWrimo this year. After spending the past six months finishing a novel; and years attempting to do that before, the idea of writing a novel in 30 days is, well, thrilling. Seriously. And quite uncharacteristically my second novel Glimpse has an outline, an actual 3000 word long…
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Lily Graham 