Last month I downloaded Scrivener. I was warned it is a steep learning curve but taking the time to watch the videos and work through the ...

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...

Many places in the UK have had another fall of snow; not as heavy as it was at the start of March, but still snow, very cold and windy. I...

My aim is to get back to work at some point this week. It's been three weeks of mess, shifting things around and no quiet. During th...

You may have noticed I've been absent for a while. Well we're having a massive sort out at home. Lots of things are going into box...

Just a quick hello to say I'm still here. I've been internet restricted this week while we reorganise the house. There's wor...

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...

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

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...

Now I've been able to add a few programs to my new desktop I'm feeling much more in control. After advice from writer friends wh...

Though it may not seem like it, I have been making progress on the writing front, amongst all the deadlines- not all of them writing related...

I've been lucky to have some undisturbed time today, so I've made good use of it by getting my chapter outlines written up and print...

Still not quite over the recent late spring bug, but my head is now clear enough to put some thoughts together on the news reports about wri...

As the headline results of the latest author income survey ( done for the ALCS ) has shown what we all suspected- writers are not earning as...

Life has been catching up with me this past month. Romance With my sons new college days, my previously settled writing schedule has b...

All my plans for progressing with the novella are slipping back this week. I've got a handful of urgent issues to get resolved or orga...

Hope you had a good Christmas. I'm slowly returning to some sort of normality, despite a cold that two members of the family had over ...

So much to do and so little spare time to do it... That seems to be my life at the moment, but I'm sure it's the same for everyone ...

The remainder of the year is going to be busy. So I'm glad I've got the organisation in place before I start. Not only is there al...

Before my move into my office (okay it's only one end of the dining room, but it's as near an office as I can get) I had all my writ...