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This week I’m welcoming Choc Lit author, Kirsty Ferry back to my blog to answer some more searching questions, as she launches the paperback of The Girl in the Photograph and the ebook of Watch for me by Candlelight. How do you manage to make each book you write unique? The characters always seem to… Continue reading Interview with Choc Lit Author Kirsty Ferry

I would like to welcome new Choc Lit author, Marie Laval to my blog this week to answer some questions about herself and her newly published novel Little Pink Taxi. Tell us a little about how you came to be a writer. For as long as I can remember, I always found pleasure in making up… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Marie Laval

I did a library talk at Evesham on Friday 9 February along with poet Suz Winspear and non-fiction and fiction author, Helen Barrell. More about my co-speakers later, but as I was preparing my talk about how I came to be a published author, several things occurred to me. I began the talk by saying… Continue reading Report on Library Talk in Evesham and Why it’s Never too Late

Choc Lit author Lynda Stacey has written an interesting post for my blog about how nothing prepared her to be an author. Over to Lynda … I can honestly say that I was rubbish at school, I hated school with vengeance, I had no interest what-so-ever in being there, in being told what to do… Continue reading Guest Post by Author Lynda Stacey – Nothing would have ever prepared me for being an author…!

Signs of Spring make me happy. I caught sight of lambs and snowdrops at the weekend and one day last week was nice enough to open all of the windows and air out the house. I’m ignoring the blustery weather today – I’m convinced Spring is on the way! It has been a year now… Continue reading Spring and Exciting April News

I have a slightly unusual guest on my blog this week – Juliet Bell. Juliet is actually two people, or rather the pen name of two authors, Alison May and Janet Gover. The Heights is their first novel written together. I asked Juliet some questions, which Alison and Janet answered over celebratory cocktails for their book… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Juliet Bell

I have some interesting guest posts coming up on the blog in the next few months – Juliet Bell, Lynda Stacey, Marie Laval, Kirsty Ferry and Caroline James – and I’m sure I’ll add a few more along the way. My second novel is now with my publisher Choc Lit completely edited with the help… Continue reading Where Am I?

Daisy Wickens, heroine of Bella Osborne‘s new novel series Ottercombe Bay has her say on my blog this week. Welcome Daisy … “My name is Daisy Wickens and the world is my oyster. Well, that’s what people say when they’re trying to distract others and, sometimes, themselves from the reality of their situation. Everything I… Continue reading Character Post by Daisy Wickens, heroine of Bella Osborne’s Ottercombe Bay

Merry Christmas to all readers of this blog and especially those who have read and reviewed my debut novel The Girl on the Beach. I have been so thrilled with the response to my first published book. Happy New Year to you all too! The Girl on the Beach originally published as an ebook will… Continue reading Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

I have a very special guest this week – M. W. Arnold. I’m interviewing him as part of his blog tour as he launches his debut novel The Season for Love. Mick and I have known each other for quite a few years now and always seem to sit together at RNA (Romantic Novelists’ Association) events.… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author M. W. Arnold