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 [...]
I’ve was asked to talk about my writing place on Spike the Cat’s Ask the Author, so I thought I’d blog about it here, too.
Gosh, my desk! I work at a large iroko desk that my husband made. It was never intended for me to work at - it [...]
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I have been enthusiastic about all of my Choc Lit covers but this one - hot off the designer’s computer - has a little extra spark. Don’t you think? I love it.
Everyone at Choc Lit pays a lot of attention to the detail of their covers so this one has [...]
This week sees Jane Lovering, Choc Lit’s latest signing, join the blog.
Jane and faithful hound, Dylan
Jane:
I’m the new girl in the mix and really indecently excited to be here. It’s not often in your adult life that you feel entirely licensed to rush around the house squealing (although I’d like the time [...]
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 [...]