People overestimate what they can do in a year. And underestimate what they can do in ten years. I must be getting older and wiser, […]
This is a short blog and a kind of bad tempered one. Novel editing: AAAAAAARGH! Yes, editing your work – going back over it once […]
I had a fantastic time at the Angus Book Awards lately. First of all there was dinner in the amazing Coutts Court, a 17th […]
#140078700 / gettyimages.com Is 45 the new 15? I only ask because I honestly haven’t felt so ‘in between’ since I was a teenager. […]
To support the Mumsnet campaign for better Miscarriage Care, here’s my story: I had a beautiful toddler son and all I wanted was a brother […]
The fire safety officer came to visit my daughter’s school yesterday. She made me hoot with laughter re-telling the best moments of the visit […]
The children’s book reviewer on The Independent has caused a stir by saying she will no longer review books that are specifically aimed at girls […]
And the builders are OUT… phew! I’m breathing a huge, dusty sigh of relief and allowing life as I know it to resume. I’ve totally […]
Today is World Book Day. To mark the occasion I thought I’d repost this blog from my old site. I think there’s plenty here to […]
Dear book bloggers and reader reviewers, WOW, thank you so much, really and truly, for your amazing response to Cross My Heart. Every single one […]
The hardest scenes to write in Cross My Heart were the scenes where Nicole is tortured […]
As Cross My Heart is my first historical novel, set during the Second World War, I had lots of research to do. It was really […]