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I’m off to the Romantic Novelists’ Association conference today. It is always a lovely event, catching up with writing friends and meeting new ones. I will never forget the part the RNA New Writers’ Scheme played in my path to publication. I’m looking forward to the event, but I will have to be careful due… Continue reading Round up of News

Choc Lit author, Lynda Stacey first joined me for a Spotlight on Guest Author blog on 25 July 2016. Today, she returns with news that her debut novel House of Secrets is now available as a paperback, as well as an ebook! Yay! Also, since she visited me last time, she’s had another ebook published… Continue reading Returning the Spotlight to Choc Lit Author Lynda Stacey

I am particularly pleased to welcome my blog guest this week – Lisa Hill has joined Choc Lit to publish her debut novel Meet Me at Number Five after winning their Search for a Star competition 2016 (the one following my own win in the same competition). Lisa grew up in the village of Bussage, near… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Lisa Hill

My guest this week is Henriette Gyland who writes for Choc Lit. Henriette grew up in Northern Denmark but moved to England after graduating from University of Copenhagen. She wrote her first book aged ten, a tale of two orphan sisters running away to Egypt fortunately to be adopted by a perfect family they meet… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Henriette Gyland

I first met Kate Field in 2013 when we were both shortlisted for The Festival of Romance’s New Talent Award. I’ve met Kate a few times since and always enjoy our encounters. Some of you will know that recently, along with ten others, I was a contender for the Joan Hessayon Award, the Romantic Novelist’s Association… Continue reading Kate Field and The Magic of Ramblings

Over the past year, I’ve done quite a few great interviews with my fellow Choc Lit authors. Below is a summary of these just in case you missed them. Just click the dates to read the posts. Lynda Stacey 25 July 2016 Kirsty Ferry 29 August 2016 & 20 February 2017 Angela Britnell 19 September 2016… Continue reading In Case you Missed Them …

I was in London on Thursday and Friday of last week to attend the Romantic Novelists’ Association Summer Party. I was one of eleven contenders for the Joan Hessayon award, a prize for authors who have published a novel after being a member of the RNA New Writer’s Scheme. Feeling very much the country bumpkin, I… Continue reading To London …

I am joined this week by Kathryn Freeman, who writes for Choc Lit too. A former pharmacist, Kathryn is now a medical writer who also writes romance. Some days a racing heart is a medical condition, others it’s the reaction to a hunky hero. With two teenage boys and a husband who asks every Valentine’s… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Kathryn Freeman

I thought it was useful, for me as well as you, to post a short update blog this week. My debut romantic suspense novel The Girl on the Beach was published by Choc Lit on 24 January 2017. It has zig-zagged around the charts and I still don’t understand the algorithms that lead to its… Continue reading Update

My blog guest this week is fellow Choc Lit author Margaret James. I’ve just re-read that sentence, as I was reading and enjoying Margaret‘s books long before I ever dreamed that I could be a Choc Lit author too!!! I asked Margaret to tell us about herself:- I’m a British writer of historical and contemporary fiction.… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Margaret James