The decorations came down on Sunday and a normal regime began on Monday- my snoozing creativity woke up, but the rest of me was failing to k...

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' ...

It's the last day of the month and as of 4.30 am (BST) this morning, my submission to the RNA's New Writers' Scheme went in. N...

Toward the end of the year I review the past twelve months to see what I've achieved- or not in some cases- and set a few targets for th...

Goodness where has September gone? No, I haven't been wasting my time since my last post. I've been working on an entry for one of...

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

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...

An orderly routine at home has been restored with the academic year beginning, so that means undisturbed writing time. Well that's the...

Saturday- St George's Day and Shakespeare's birthday I spent indoors at a workshop- except for a brief foray outside for food and to...

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...

This Saturday I'm off to The Writers' Conference in Nottingham. It's been held annually for quite a few years now, but this will...

Interesting email received today from Mills and Boon; they've announced that in January 2015 they will be holding their first Romance Wr...

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...

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

2014... If you've made any resolutions about attending workshops, and you want to write romance, and you can get to Leeds in May, t...

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...

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

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...

Some of my characters in waiting have started getting impatient, reminding me they are there and they are waiting for me to get on with thei...

First, I must say a big thank you to Ann Evans who ran the workshop for Nottingham Writers' Club on Saturday. It was only a group of 1...