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The changed face of The Lost Girl
Not literally, of course! No, Charity Walker is still 100% Chinese and looks it. Her Chinese heritage lies at the heart of the novel. But she's going out into the world of...
Retreating to Kent
What better place to begin than with a photo of the plush armchair in which I spent my writing retreat, and my laptop. You'll notice that I'm not one for a spartan attic....
THE LOST GIRL
THE LOST GIRL, set in SW Wyoming in the 1870s and 1880s, was published last week amid a mass of enthusiasm on the social media. I feel that the image below, taken at lunch on...
The RNA Summer Party – as always, a night to remember
Twice a year - once in the summer and once in the winter - RNA members and friends converge from all parts of the UK in the Royal Overseas League in Park Place, off St. James...
Liz’s Lovely Blog Hop
My writing friend Sue Moorcroft has kindly invited me to take part in the Lovely Blog Hop, in which writers are asked to talk about some of the things that shaped their life and...
Another fabulous RNA party
Once again, the imposing Royal Overseas League in Park Place, off St. James Street, a few steps from Piccadilly Circus, was the venue for the annual RNA Winter Party. And once...
Where there’s a Will …
Thank you, good friend Janet Gover, for tagging me to take part in this fun series of blog postings, and Hello, Australian readers and writers of rural romance, and others. If...
Yes, it’s the RNA Conference, July 2014
Harper Adams in Edgmond, Shropshire, was the venue for this year's excellent RNA conference, and the perfect ambiance it proved to be. Before the conference proper began, RNA...
Turning family fact and myth into a novel
I've known Heather Rosser for more than ten years. During that period of time, I've watched as her novel, In the Line of Duty, has grown from its inception to its publication a...
How much historical vocabulary is too much?
No, I'm not the person who's going to discuss this very interesting question with you - it's my good friend, Alison Morton. I've timed Alison's interview, if that's the right...
A WESTERN HEART. Yes, I’ve gone back to Wyoming
The story Wyoming, 1880 Will Hyde and Rose McKinley, the older son and the older daughter of successful neighbouring ranches, have grown up together like brother and sister,...
To New Orleans via Florida. Yes, a catchy title!
Following Choc Lit's success at the 2013 Romantic Times Booklovers' Convention in Kansas City, Choc Lit's Marketing Director, Lyn Vernham, plus six of her authors, including me,...
My notes from an LBF14 Seminar: Top 10 Tips for Self-Publishing
Had I written the seminar title in full, I would have needed an extended title space. The full title is 'Top 10 Tips for Self-Publishing from Two of the Top New York Times...
The London Book Fair 2014 (or, more accurately, one day of it)
This week, from 8th - 10th April, the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, of the cavernous interior and art deco-style exterior, played host to the London Book Fair 2014, a magnet for...
Two Choc Lit authors’ book launch
On Friday evening, April 4th, a number of Choc Lit authors, their families and friends, gathered together at The Chocolate Factory in the south of London to celebrate the...
My Writing Space
Many thanks to my friend and colleague, Beverley Eikli, for asking me the following questions about my writing. Beverley and I are colleagues because we're both published by Choc...
SO – WHAT AM I WORKING ON?
Many thanks to Cathy Mansell for inviting me to be a follow-on guest on this blog tour. If you'd like to find out more about Cathy and her work, you'll do so on...
The fabulous RNA Winter Party, 2013
It's becoming a habit of mine, putting up photographs after each RNA event, but the events are so enjoyable that I want an excuse to look at them again, and I want a permanent...
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