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Meet Chris Hill.
One of the most enjoyable things about this year's Chipping Norton Literary Festival was meeting author Chris Hill and having a most enjoyable conversation with him. I thought...
The RNA Summer Party 2013
As always, a fabulous time was had by all at the RNA Summer Party 2013 - the ambiance at The Royal Overseas League, the company, the food - all were lovely. But don't take my...
Kansas City, there I went.
MANIC! That's the word that springs to mind when I think of the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention, held in Kansas City, Missouri, from which I returned last week. MANIC and...
The ChipLitFest, of course
I thought I'd begin today's blog with a photo taken in the Green Room of the Chipping Norton Literary Festival, which was held 18-21 April. The Green Room is where the...
Inches away from Judy Dench & Ben Whishaw.
Judy Dench and Ben Whishaw, on the stage together, a cast made in Heaven, and me in the front row of the stalls. Bliss. The chance meeting of elderly Alice Liddell...
Richard & Judy and the RoNAs 2013
The RAF Club proved a wonderful setting for the presentation of the RoNAs 2013. The room looked lovely, the wine and bubbly flowed freely, the food was delicious and plentiful,...
Happy Publication Day, Alison!
A friend of mine, ALISON MORTON, is today publishing her novel, INCEPTIO. I haven’t yet had the chance to read the novel, but I’m sure it’ll be a gripping read. As an...
The Road Back, Coffee Time Romance Book of the Year
I was absolutely thrilled when I learned that THE ROAD BACK had been awarded the Coffee Time Romance & More Book of the Year. My scream of delight will have been heard on...
The Erotica Panel, and pics of an RNA afternoon
Last Thursday, the RNA hosted an Erotica Panel at the New Cavendish Club, near Marble Arch. Facing the audience were three people well qualified to answer questions about the...
What is this life … ?
Loving the theatre as I do, what better subject for my first blog in 2013 than the first play I've been to see this year - Privates on Parade, by Peter Nichols, which is on in...
Reinventing the wheel? Not me.
Last week, I showed you the cover of A BARGAIN STRUCK, which is to be published by Choc Lit in September 2013. Several of you promptly asked me what the novel was about, so I...
A Bargain Struck – my cover
If this were a blog with sound effects, you'd hear a drum roll and you'd see me pull back a curtain to reveal the cover of A Bargain Struck, which comes out in September 2013. ...
Could I resist? No. It’s the RNA Winter Party.
Once again, I'm going to let my camera do the talking. This is purely altruistic, of course - it's not about me not having to think what to write about this week. Oh, no; it's...
Fun at the Festival of Romance 2012
Having spent last weekend at the fab Festival of Romance 2012, it was inevitable that I'd want to show you some moments from over the three days. I'm going to save my voice for...
Wow!! Not one, but TWO, shortlistings for …
... the Festival of Romance 2012 awards What a moment it was to see my name appear TWICE on the list of those shortlisted for The Festival of Romance 2012 awards! It was a huge...
The Next Big Thing
Yes, that's a photo of me on a bucking bronco, clad in leather boots, lipstick safely in a bag slung over the saddle horn. At my side, sadly just out of the range of the camera,...
Introducing…Evie Undercover
Meet Evie Shaw, newest reporter on the gossip magazine Pure Dirt. Evie is the star of ... Libel lawyer, Tom Hadleigh, must urgently visit the 14th century house he...
Talking of cigarettes, this may interest you …
When reading a scene from 'A Bargain Struck' (to come out in Sept 2013) to my Friend in the North, I said that the character, Niall, took a packet of cigarettes from the pocket...
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