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 ...

Where has the time gone? I know book festivals take place throughout the year, but the summer months are particularly popular. For me, J...

I realised today that writing can be a bit like snakes and ladders. You work your way along the board and sometimes everything goes well, or...

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...

Very pleased that the temperature has gone done to nearer normal for this time of year. Last week it was a struggle to do anything, even wri...

To be honest, any month of the year is book festival time! As in previous years this Saturday I'll be setting up and spending time on ...

I'm finally recovered enough to share my review of Saturday's writing conference. Yes, it was busy, and it was a few hours before th...

Last month it was an online romance festival, and now for March there's an online crime festival. It's being run by event teams fr...

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...

Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. I'm not quite back into normal routine yet as all the family have been here, but this...

As I missed this year's Festival of Romance in September- it was the same weekend as my son was moving into halls at university- I was h...

Now I've caught up on my sleep, and I've downloaded the photos I took yesterday, here's the review of the day... Festival po...

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

This week it's back to work. I'll be resuming the novella edit, as well as starting on with a few other projects. I've also si...

I had a great weekend, and did a lot of walking- lots of it uphill and down again. Now I have to get back to reality; unpack, sort out my ...

You may remember that last year I entered the Wells Festival of Literature short story competition. Sadly I didn't get into the shortlis...

I finally have time to share a few snippets from my visit to Bedford last weekend for The Festival of Romance. I had to write a piece abou...

I've already booked my tickets for this exciting weekend in November- it's the week before my birthday, so it's an early present...