The Present Yes, I'm back. Four months since I last posted and you may have forgotten I exist... I'm into a routine and writing ...

That title sums up my weekend. Sunday I attended Lou Lou's Vintage Fair held at the Albert Hall (no not that one in London);this one i...

It's rather cold and snowy in my part of Nottingham. Where's that come from? Where does the road start? Usually we escap...

Today I'm delighted to welcome author, and friend, Sally Quilford to Carol's Corner, to talk about her new book The Curse of Lakeham...

The arrival of the latest newsletter from the Fashion Museum in Bath reminded me that I'd planned to go back this year so I could see A ...

On Friday I travelled up to York to visit a couple of exhibitions, as well as take advantage of a short break with my husband, minus the fam...

If you wonder what cotton wool and tights have to do with books and history then you may be surprised. But first... Saturday 12th Septem...

This past week I finally got over to Derby and visited not only Pickford's House Museum of Georgian Life and Historic Costume, but also ...

Now that Serena's website is complete with it's own domain name, I'm considering a few visits to museums and galleries within t...

Last week at Nottingham Writers' Club we had a mini-workshop on dialogue. Now dialogue has never given me issues, description yes, but...

Having got back into a steady routine of writing and blogging, my life was thrown upside down last weekend by not only losing my broadband, ...

The issue with holidays is how long it takes to get back to normal once you return home- in my case a week... Last Saturday I was in York....

I've been suffering since last week. Apple Tree in Spring I woke up last Saturday morning with a pain in my left foot- looked like...

This week is passing quickly, and I'm only just getting back into routine. I've completed 75% of my weekly writing total, and I...

If you enjoyed the recent centenary edition of Woman's Weekly then I think you will like the publication I discovered today. Popping i...

It's been a lovely few days over Easter- despite a little rain- and so many of the plants and flowers are blooming giving bursts of colo...

I'm a bit late in posting my mid-week blog because I was at an open evening yesterday. One of my sons is looking at potential courses fo...

Inspired by Sally Quilford's advice following her success with My Weekly Pocket Novels, I've been reading a selection of them (by v...

I received a comment on my Awards Night and Novel Feedback post from last week about research. So I thought it would be a good subject to co...

The world wide web has been a boon to writers of fiction or non-fiction- or both. We can now access documents and pictures that would have p...