Hello there, greetings from the south-western corner of France! I’ve been here in the mountains since July with husband and Hogy, our terrier, our longest ever stay. After two years of not being able to visit, the house and garden needed a lot of attention 😨😫 but we got there in the end! Right now … More Postcard from France 🇫🇷
A recap of my big news… After four drafts, my novel – now titled ‘Silenced’, a crime novel with elements of a psychological thriller – has found a home with Hobeck Books. Hobeck is a newish publisher focusing on crime, suspense and thrillers. Their website’s tag line ‘Indie spirit, traditional values’ immediately appealed to me … More July news, coping with change, and the end of lockdown
Can at last reveal my news! I’ve been bubbling over with excitement after signing a contract last week with a new publisher, Hobeck Books (new for me plus they are new on the publishing scene but growing rapidly). My latest novel, SILENCED (a psychological thriller-crime thriller set in the murky world of police corruption and … More My news!! Hobeck Books to publish my crime thriller
Prize draw 6pm GMT 23 February To celebrate my relaunch of my relationship comedy Not Having It All, here’s something to tempt book lovers and chocolate lovers. This is my first independently published book, and the whole process is more than a little scary to be honest. I recently got the rights back from my … More Win a book token, chocs & a signed copy of NOT HAVING IT ALL
A little news… 2020 has been a terrible year for many of us due to Covid-19 wreaking havoc on the world and taking away so much of what we took for granted. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been able to keep on writing and working from home without too much interruption (my husband is … More My top 10 reads of 2020
A weird thing happened to me this week. I got an email from Fish Publishing saying my entry had got second place in the Pocket Prose category of the Lockdown Prize, an international writing competition on the theme of the Coronavirus-induced lockdown. Then I got another email saying it was actually second in another category, … More Lockdown Prize – my entry 2nd in ‘Breakout’ category
What’s been going on here, existential angst, zooming, the new normal, what I miss and appreciate. … More Life in Lockdown
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Despite the title, I am hopeful. Being housebound after the longest, coldest winter ever has me straining against the leash. I think that the dog collar around my neck has spikes on it. Hope springs eternal. A couple of weeks ago, hoping to speed spring along, I opened my Beck’s…
…when bloggers remember they do actually have a blog (my hand is up, have lapsed lately) and people wish each other all sorts of unlikely to be achieved states of mind. Many of us are overcome with a collective impulse to buy stuff, eat too much and do things we don’t really want to but … More It’s that time again…
In late July I set off with my husband and dog for our large, very old house in a remote part of France for a long summer break. As Mr E had to get back to London in August for work, I had two weeks there with only the dog for company, and hoped to … More Banishing news, TV and social media to write
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