It’s that time of year again… It starts in early December, with the annual Christmas tree debate. The conversations in our house go something like this: Family: ‘Why do we need a flipping tree anyway?’ Me: ‘Because it’s Christmas. And they look pretty,’ Family: ‘If we have to have one, get an artificial one. Real …
Stars aren’t easy to work with Perhaps I should alter that title to canine stars, as I can’t honestly say I’ve worked with any other type. Unless we can count a cardboard Jenson Button, in which case the title would have to change completely because Jenson is an absolute joy to work with. He goes …
Christmas really is coming I know, I know, I seem to have been banging on about Christmas for most of the year. First I told you about writing a Christmas book (back in Easter), then A Little Christmas Faith was published (October) and finally A Second Christmas Wish was out in paperback earlier this month …
Beware the writer you know It’s easy to sit at my desk and come up with a great idea for a story. Let me rephrase. Come up with a storyline that I think is great. That’s what I did a few years ago with the latest manuscript I’m about to submit to my publisher. It’s …
A knees up in London The Romantic Novelists Association hold two parties a year, a winter party and a summer one. As they are an excellent opportunity to meet the people I otherwise only ‘see’ on Twitter – or the front cover of books – I always aim to attend. The fact that drink and …