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I’ve featured a few different things on my blog of late. I’ve opened my Spotlight on Guest Author slot up to include some different authors. Nell Dixon featured on 24 July 2017. I also had my first extract blog, with an intriguing piece from Evonne Wareham‘s Summer in San Remo on 31 July 2017. You can look forward… Continue reading This and That

This week I have Evonne Wareham back on my blog with an extract from her new novel Summer in San Remo. Evonne first joined me on my blog on 13 February 2017. You can read that post here. Hello. I’m Evonne Wareham and I write romantic thrillers and romantic comedy, with a touch of crime,… Continue reading Returning the Spotlight to Choc Lit Author Yvonne Wareham with an Extract from her new Novel Summer in San Remo

I first met Nell Dixon at the 2012 Romantic Novelists’ Association Conference, where I attended her self-editing workshop and wrote up the session for the RNA magazine Romance Matters. I still refer to these notes whenever I am revising a manuscript today, so thank you, Nell! Nell Dixon was born and continues to live in… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Nell Dixon

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 …