The last day of August is here. For me that's the deadline for submitting my entry to the RNA's New Writers' Scheme. Last year I...

It surprised me to receive an email on Friday telling me the reader's report from the New Writers' Scheme was ready to access. I had...

It's the last day of the month and as of 4.30 am (BST) this morning, my submission to the RNA's New Writers' Scheme went in. N...

One week to go to my final deadline. Today (Sunday) I've done about seven hours at the keyboard- obviously I did get up to make coffee...

Two weeks to go and lots still to do. I've had a couple of days break, rewarding myself for all the words I've achieved by attendi...

I have one month to get my manuscript in to the RNA's New Writers' Scheme. Fortunately I can submit a partial if that's all that...

It's hard to believe that a week ago I was in Lancaster at the 2019 Conference of the Romantic Novelists Association. Apart from the r...

Only fifteen days until Christmas and I've still got cards and letters to write and presents to buy. Last week I was partying; minimal...

I can now reveal that my fun weekend (mentioned in my last blog post) was at the 2018 Romantic Novelists Conference at Leeds Trinity Univers...

Welcome back to Part 2 of my Writer's Year. Although I didn't mention it in part 1, I did set myself an unspoken/written target on...

As the next few weeks will be busy, I thought I'd do my annual review now. I feel it's helpful to remind myself what I've achi...

Life has been a little chaotic in the last month, so getting away from the stresses has been a much needed break. A couple of weeks ago it...