I love it when somebody says to me, ‘I see your name everywhere.’ Because that’s the plan.
This is how I always write, of course - on the patio in the sunshine in my best dress! (It was for a magazine.)
In these days of social networking and instant communication, all it takes is [...]
My booksigning for Starting Over at Waterstone’s, Abingdon Street, Northampton on Saturday 24th April, went well. This is the traditional author shot, taken by Emma Mileham, the lovely manager of the shop. As you can see, they gave me a great display.
And I had great company in the store - Gandalf the Wizard and a [...]
Sue - Although I love my heroes and Choc Lit suits me down to the ground as they give so much emphasis to the hero, heroines are still the backbone of my books.
Amanda Seyfried - heroine material?
Danuta Kean’s article in the Daily Mail last week, entitled “Heroes? The new men of modern romantic fiction are about as sexy as socks!” caused no end of controversy among romantic fiction authors. Since Choc Lit is the home of heroes “as irresistible as chocolate”, we thought we’d [...]
Honeybun Cottage
Sue says - I did some research on Starting Over in reverse. I decided to do a YouTube presentation about the book. So my husband and I spent all of a sunny Bank Holiday Monday (yes - they do exist!) driving around looking for places that, hitherto, had only existed in my [...]
Jared Leto
Since an irresistible hero is the most important ingredient in a Choc Lit novel, you might like to know how we go about creating them. The process is as individual as each author, so here’s a quick paragraph from each of us on how we do it:-
Christina C – My heroes are always [...]
If you’ve ever heard that saying, ‘Never judge a book by its cover’, forget it. It’s not true. Not of actual books, anyway. The reader DOES judge a book by its cover, particularly if the writer is new to them. They need to glance at the book and think, ‘Gosh, how pretty/intriguing/heartrending/soothing,’ just when they’re [...]