Why I'm covered in bruises..
On Saturday 23rd April, The Huntingfield Paintress was launched in Suffolk! Since Suffolk is where the main protagonist of The...
Pinch me, I'm being published!
My book, The Huntingfield Paintress, is about to be published. I've never done this before - had a novel published - and it feels...
Blooming right!
Today I read a national newspaper story about a woman, an ex-TV presenter, who is having her first novel published at the age of 61. Good...
Finding it Urbane
When I went to the WhitLit Author's Day last summer, my first novel completed but still to find a publisher, I saw Matthew Smith talk...
Praise from the Highlands & Islands
I got some good writing news at the end of the year. My short story, We battle for the Taj, was Highly Commended by the Highlands and...
It's always been hard to get published
Earlier this month, I went to a party at the publishers John Murray to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane...
Where angels do not fear to tread
On Saturday 23 April 2016 my novel, The Huntingfield Paintress, will be launched in St Mary's Church, Huntingfield (above) where Mildred...
I wasn't in hot water
I went 'winter swimming' in the Hampstead Ladies' Pond. The pale-green water was bitterly cold as I lowered myself into it and, when I...
Jane Austen's cougar story
Lady Susan is one of Jane Austen's less well known characters (and book by the same name). And that's a pity for, while Lady Susan is...