Embracing life in the slow lane: Postcard from Ireland and France โ˜˜๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

Book news: My fifth book, The Bad Neighbour, became a number one bestseller in several Amazon categories, which I was extremely pleased about! I hope some of these readers will be interested in the next novel Iโ€™m working on with some of the same characters, who I canโ€™t bear to part with just yet. After … More Embracing life in the slow lane: Postcard from Ireland and France โ˜˜๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

Interviewed on BBC Radio London!! Transforming trauma into creativity

It has been a breathless, emotional and at times almost overwhelming ten days since the launch of THE GIRL IN HIS EYES on the 18th. Live interview My interview on the Jo Good show on BBC Radio London finally happened this Tuesday (25 September) after two frustrating delays. It was my third radio interview in … More Interviewed on BBC Radio London!! Transforming trauma into creativity

Book out in 4 weeks!!!

The other day, after returning home from a most enjoyable holiday in France, I had a stab of realisation. My novel will be out in a mere 4 weeks!!! Eek!! My restored sense of inner tranquillity and vague thoughts of โ€˜Everyoneโ€™s on holiday now, you can relax for a whileโ€™, were instantly shattered. Cake flavour … More Book out in 4 weeks!!!

From dark days to OMG: How I got my 2nd publishing deal

As announced in my April post, my novel THE GIRL IN HIS EYES will be published by Bloodhound Books in September 2018ย The due date, 18 September, is coincidentally the day after my birthday so Iโ€™ll have no excuse not to celebrate! Yesterday I handed in my last structural edits and now the copywriter will get … More From dark days to OMG: How I got my 2nd publishing deal

My week away from civilisation, in which I sought inspiration and found only a long, deep silence

This August I set off alone to the house in the mountains of south-west France thatย my husband and I visit intermittently. I wasย hoping toย write copiously and come up with reams of ideas for novel 4 (novel 2 is now finished and novelย 3 is awaiting a final edit). A week without aย dog to walk or a … More My week away from civilisation, in which I sought inspiration and found only a long, deep silence

Inspired by bears, death and the Rocky Mountains #amwriting #Canada #inspiration

Hello, it’s me again, along with some pics of my recent holiday –ย any excuse to show themย off ๐Ÿ™‚ย (Guest authors will be back intermittently for the rest of the year, with their takes onย various topics.) Two weeks after getting back from a week travelling across western Canada with my husband, I’m still partly on Vancouver time … More Inspired by bears, death and the Rocky Mountains #amwriting #Canada #inspiration