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Continuing with my spotlight features on fellow Choc Lit authors, this week I have Rhoda Baxter‘s guest interview. Rhoda writes romantic comedy with a hint of geek. She likes to write about people who make her laugh. She is a firm believer in tea and cake. Her latest book Girl Having a Ball is available… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Rhoda Baxter

Today, I have a guest interview with fellow Choc Lit author Angela Britnell. Angela grew up in Cornwall and returns frequently from her new home in Nashville, Tennessee to visit family and friends, drink tea and eat far too many Cornish pasties! A lifelong love of reading turned into a passion for writing contemporary romance… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Angela Britnell

First things first, come in SuzyJBarker! –Suzy won one of the prizes on my blog last week, but I’ve had no response from her and her prize is here waiting for her. If you know Suzy, please give her a nudge. Last week was Bewdley Book Week. It is really worth checking out local events like… Continue reading Bewdley Book Week

Well the summer holidays are over. I hope that you had some good times over the summer months. Son back to school today and hubbie off back to work abroad tomorrow. It all feels strange and unsettling, but will soon be normal life again. I always forget that I need a period of adjustment to… Continue reading Summer’s Over and Competition Winners

Today, I have a guest interview with fellow Choc Lit author Kirsty Ferry. Kirsty is married with one son, lives in the North East of England and won the English Heritage/Belsay Hall National Creative Writing competition in 2009 with the ghostly tale Enchantment. Her timeslip novel, Some Veil Did Fall, a paranormal romance set in… Continue reading Spotlight on Guest Author Kirsty Ferry

This week I’m offering a chance to win one of two handmade crotched rose brooches – one red and one green. To enter you need to be one of my blog followers. Use the sign up options on the right hand side of the page on my website http://www.mortonsgray.com to register. Lots of exciting interviews… Continue reading Competition Time

I was pondering the need for a satisfying story to have a backbone. I’ve just finished reading Before You by Kathryn Freeman, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The story is set against the yearly Formula 1 season and it struck me that this provided a great structure against which the lives of the characters are played… Continue reading The Backbone of a Story

Today, I have a guest interview with fellow Choc Lit debut author Lynda Stacey. I first met Lynda in 2014 when we both shortlisted for the Festival of Romance’s New Talent Award. We both now write for Choc Lit, having won their Search For a Star competition, Lynda in 2015 and myself in 2016. Lynda, is… Continue reading Interview with Guest Author Lynda Stacey

House – For those of you who have followed the aftermath of a dustbin lorry colliding with my house and car in May, (see previous blogs) –  the front wall of the house has been rebuilt, the cracks in the bedroom have been repaired and the room repainted. Just the new garage doors to go… Continue reading Round Up

I’ve been asked a lot lately about what made me a writer – so I decided to try to define it. Learning to read before I started school gave me a voracious appetite for reading books. My mother made sure I had plenty in the house. We went to the library once a week and… Continue reading How I Became a Writer