The writing essential No, I’m not going to talk about computers, though without it I’d be stuck. I find it so much easier to type my thoughts directly onto a word document than via pen and paper. Possibly because I change my mind a fair bit, which is easy to manage on a computer, but …
A change is as a good as a rest For many years we went away during the Easter school holidays. Sometimes in search of sun (we didn’t always find it) but always for a break where we could be a family for a days away from home distractions (okay, away from the Playstation….). For the …
Oh Crumbs…it’s now available for pre-order I’m delighted to be able to share with you the cover and blurb for my next book. Oh Crumbs will be published on June 12th but if you can’t wait till then (!) it is available for pre-order now. To help whet your appetite, I suggest a mug of tea …
Oh crumbs, second round of edits Yes, it’s head down time, as the second round of edits for my next book, Oh Crumbs, landed in my inbox this week. The first round is all about the story, making changes that give Abby and Doug’s journey more punch. For example for this book I removed a character …
What’s in a title? For some authors (for me it’s Nora Roberts, Jilly Cooper, Suzanne Brockmann and more recently Samantha Young and Christina Lauren), I don’t care about the title, the cover or the blurb. The author name alone will have me buying the book. But I can read far more books than they can write, …