Teeth – you take them for granted, until they cause you pain. I’ve never experienced toothache before, but now that I have I don’t want to experience it ever again. Agony. Sadly it looks like I’ll have to because I’ve managed to crack my back tooth and though the dentist has tried to repair it, …
Effort versus reward I love my new story, Search for Truth (good job, too, because if I don’t love it, readers don’t have a chance of even liking it). I’ve become hugely attached to Jim, the stubborn, determined, fiercely driven (and blindingly handsome) research president of Helix pharmaceuticals. And I so admire Tessa, the frankly …
The nitty gritty I’ve just received the line edits for Search for Truth. Yes, come on , you should know all about this one now. It’s about a tale of love in the pharmaceutical industry. Cue photographs to get you into the spirit. So, this round of edits is a line by line sense check …
Sometimes it’s better to leave things alone It started with my cherry tree. For most of the year it sits in the middle of our patio and just … well, is. But for seven glorious days in Spring the pink blossom comes out and it looks, frankly, stunning. Like something we’ve cultivated and cared for …
I finished my first round of edits on Search for Truth – my fourth book, due out hopefully at the end of next month. My first featured a barrister, my second a doctor in a refugee camp; the idea for this was born from a desire to write about something I knew about for a …