… or ten or eleven or … yes, that’s where I am this morning because the advance copies of Trade Winds just arrived! Don’t they look gorgeous? The photo doesn’t really do the cover justice as the title and swirly bits around the edge are all shiny and beautiful. I can’t tell you how excited I am [...]
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It’s something that affects both published and yet-to-be-published novelists - and we don’t mean lack of money, we mean lack of motivation. We’re sure almost all writers know the feeling - sometimes, even polishing coal or mucking out a teenager’s bedroom seem infinitely more appealing and worthwhile than getting on with your novel. We feel it’s [...] The condemned panel enjoys a joke Maybe I shouldn’t have had those pictures of Tony Robinson power-pointed as I spoke. I have a teensy idea that they may have influenced the audience to giggle, just a trifle when I talked about the hero of Please Don’t Stop the Music, Ben Davies. But at least they [...]
Sue and Christina This past weekend some of us attended the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual conference, held at Greenwich Old Royal Naval College this year. Marketing director Lyn gave a well-attended talk on the Saturday, answering questions about all aspects of Choc Lit, and she will no doubt be inundated [...] So exciting - the cover of The Silver Locket has been finalised, and it’s absolutely gorgeous. The heroine looks exactly as I’d imagined Rose Courtenay to be. She’s even wearing a silver locket round her neck, so that’s perfect. The locket is a gift from the hero Alex Denham, who is as irresistible as the best [...] The soundtrack to my life (okay, not all my life, but since they first started doing their stuff and turned me into a somewhat elderly but unwavering fan) is Queen - absolutely no doubt about it, I adore this band and I have been in love with Freddie for as long as I can remember. [...] I find it impossible to listen to music while I’m writing; I sit here surrounded by birdsong and cows, with the occasional insane sheep chorus, it’s so bucolic it would make The Archers feel a bit outclassed. So when I do feel the need for some music to stir me up a bit, I go [...] The soundtrack of Turning the Tide ranged from Scissors Sisters to South Pacific via sea shanties, Stereophonics and a little dash of Elvis. That was the mood music playing in my head, although I can’t listen to anything with lyrics when I actually write because I find it too distracting. I’ve mentioned before that voice is [...] After the beautiful, uncluttered offices of Sue, Chris and Jane, I’m almost ashamed to post this photo of my work space. It’s messy and cramped in a cubby hole next to our bedroom, but it’s how I like it and I know exactly where everything is (well, most [...] |
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