Where are we now?

  Well – I’m still waiting for a verdict from the publisher on The Villa in…

Summer Treats

  Something special from Choc-lit and Ruby for the summer – an anthology of short fiction…

DIY Tropes?

 It has recently occurred to me that I am starting to manufacture my own tropes  –…

Grit in the Oyster

 If you ask a writer where they get their ideas  from you’re apt to get a…

Cover story

 Now that the latest manuscript has gone to the publisher I have a new set of…

So many tropes, so little time

 Well book three of the Riviera series has gone to the publisher. Now we have to…

Done!

The third book in the “Riviera” series  – The  Villa in Portofino – is finally finished…

I’ll just check that.

 Caution –  anxious author alert!  Pink roses – because they feature quite a lot in the…

Diary Day

 Today is Mass Observation Diary Day when members of the public are invited to send in…

Retail therapy?

 As regular readers will know, I’m incorrigibly nosey. I always say it comes of being a…

The Romance of Wales

 Happy St Dwynwen’s Day! I’m blogging a little early this week in order to be part…

Romantic Wales

Everyone knows that St Valentine is the patron saint of lovers, but you don’t have to…

Holiday Blues?

January is traditionally the time for heavy advertising for holidays. I can remember when I was…

Peaking too soon?

 I’m on the home stretch with the first draft of the WIP – at least, I…

What day is it again?

 Oops – with all the days running into each other over the holiday, I kind of…

A Christmas Surprise – Cosy Christmas Treats

  My publishers, Choc-lit, are known for their Christmas books and several have been published in…

Something’s Coming …

 It has been a week of domestic drama – breakdown of heating and hot water and…

Christmas is Coming! Talking to Morton S Gray about her Christmas Novel (with a Guest appearance from Ryan the Seagull)

Christmas is creeping ever nearer and with it a slew of Festive stories. Choc-lit have a…

Maybe it’s starting to feel a bit like Christmas – talking to Kirsty Ferry about her festive book.

As everyone knows, I’m always reluctant to give up summer and sunshine, but the Christmas books…

Becoming an international best seller!

This week was exciting, as for a short time I was an Amazon international best seller…

STOP PRESS Weekend offer

 A Wedding on the Riviera is on special offer until Tuesday. 

With special guest Jane Cable – talking about reality writing contests.

 I’m a great advocate for entering writing competitions, particularly for not yet published writers if there…

The Magpie Mind

You’ll probably have seen the signs or the tee shirts – ‘Be careful, or I’ll put…

Staying at home – again.

Well, Wales is back in lockdown on Friday. No chance of any research trips further away…

The book of the heart

  I spent a fabulous and challenging morning yesterday, courtesy of Zoom, at a workshop for…