Today I'm delighted to be welcoming journalist, author and writing tutor Alex Gazzola to Carol's Corner to answer a few questions o...

In the chair does sound a bit sinister, but it's not- thankfully. It was the writers' club's AGM last night and the post of ...

It's always fun to get-together with other writers and talk about the highs, and sometimes lows, of writing. It's even better when t...

As I've had a very heavy day with computer updates, I'm a little late in sharing some very exciting news. This week both posts wil...

The oddest book title was announced last week and the Winner was 'Too Naked for the Nazis' . It was nominated by the author himself,...

Lots of berries on the Hawthorn... The past week has seen a lot of plans for the last quarter of the year change - but as the saying goe...

Having two blogs to run, this one and Serena's, I thought I'd have a look through some of my old (back-up) CD/DVDs to choose a few o...

I've been busy this week putting together a website for my pseudonym, Serena Lake. A few months ago when I bought my domain name, I al...

The week just gone has seen a couple of changes relating to e-books that have implications for both writers and readers. The unsettling an...

Having thought I'd managed to get through winter without any major health problems, the last bugs of winter have struck. The nasty col...

I have recently been nominated for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award by the charming and talented writer,  Rosemary Gemmell , whose next boo...

Just seen the news that the HarperCollins Virtual Romance Festival is returning for a second year- save the weekend dates of the 7th and 8th...

I find it helpful to look back at what I have, and haven't, achieved with my writing life during the year. I start out with a general ...

A couple of days ago I realised that I'd been blogging four years- where has that time gone? Persuaded by writer friends that I should...

I've been nominated for a Versatile Blogger award by two lovely talented I try to be versatile...  ladies, Teresa Ashby , and P...

Asking questions and learning from the answers is fairly standard for writers at any level, but imagine that 10-20, 100 times over... That...

I couldn't get into my blog at the weekend. Now I had changed my password a few weeks before but had no problem remembering it, except...

I was very excited last November when the Talkback Writers launched the e-book version of the One Word Anthology- as it was the first book t...

Quite a few romance writers were surprised to read that Mills and Boon author Kate Walker and Harlequin had recently been the subject of a c...

In more ways than one. You know those weeks when everything is progressing nicely and then you find you have a long to-do list. Well that...