Diary of a Writer – August Prompt

Clachtoll Rangers’ Hut – Now repaired Back on Saturday from a week in Assynt. All much…

Round Robin – dropped stitches/scenes

Deleting scenes: Do you ever delete scenes? When and why do you delete them? And what…

Diary of a Writer – July Prompt

Ready for the RNA Gala dinner July is the month of the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual…

Special Offer from my publishers: Lume Books

for a limited period, Courting the Countess is offered at 99p/$1.38 Lady Melissa Pateley is not…

Coping Mechanisms – Seven – A day in the countryside.

Many readers will recognise this house. It’s Abbotsford the home of Sir Walter Scott and thereafter…

Round Robin – May 2021

For our May discussion, Rhobin Courtright has asked: does writing change the author? Do you think…

Coping Mechanisms – 6 – Out for a meal

Going out for a meal, sans alcohol, is a big step forward as a coping mechanism…

Diary of a Writer – May Prompt

Sadly, the uncertainties of the past year make this image one that recurs to me. Just…

Round Robin Character Naming

Rhobin’s question this month comes in two parts. How do you select your characters’ names? Are…