You can find out more  here .            March has arrived and spring beckons- thankfully. I may get rid of my lingering cold t...

It's been a busy week so you'll be getting two posts today and tomorrow, otherwise it would be a very long post to read. I was scr...

It's been a busy month so far and it's only the first week... Yesterday (Saturday) I was at a workshop at Nottingham Writers' ...

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...

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...

I'm pleased to say my characters have returned and I'm ready to resume rewriting the current work in progress. In previous years I...

I have survived. Previously I've done short writing sessions for the writers' club- when needed- but never actually done a worksho...

Happy 2017... I hope your Christmas went well. Today is very foggy and cold, so apart from a brief trip outside I've been indoors ...

At the moment I'm working on a shorter project set in the late 1920's. 1920's Red Cloche Hat from Shaping The Body Exhibitio...

I need quiet to write. Reality at the moment is that there's very little quiet available. So I'm not writing consistently, and t...

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...

Do you have a favourite series that you hate to miss? Well Saturday night in the my house is NCIS night. Now to be honest across the wee...

February seems to be bringing lots of competitions, so here's another one you might like. It is Valentine's Day this coming Sunday...

Every writer knows the value of carrying a notebook or some device to record those moments we all get when an idea pops into our heads; we s...

The first week back after major holiday times is always difficult for me. My regular routines are not all quite back in place yet. So I...

I hope your Christmas went well, and if you were in countries where severe damage was done by flooding or tornado's I wish you a better ...

Where has this year gone? In just over a month it will be Christmas again. I'm now a year older, but let's forget about that...:...

Yes, that's it, today I was able to write THE END at the bottom of chapter eighteen. I know there's still a lot to do, but that'...

I've been having a down day on my writing. You know those times when you think your writing is awful and you can never improve it? Wel...

As I haven't been able to write, I've been gathering remaining research material ready for returning to the Nottinghamshire story. ...