This weekend, the lovely Renee Rocco at Lyrical Press sent over the cover design for the third book in my Love from Wales series, Summer of Love, due out in December. I’d been somewhat nervously awaiting this one, just because I love the first two covers in the series so much! When I had to … Continue reading »
Happy Bookiversary to me! On this day, last year, my first novel, Room for Love, was officially released. I was, due to a slight scheduling error, stuck up a castle in Derbyshire at the time, trying to manage release promos and blog tours via the non-existant 3G connection on my phone, and squealing every time … Continue reading »
Or, rather, sluggishly pouring myself another cup of tea and smiling at my daffodils. But it’s March 1st, St David’s Day, and surely it has to be spring by now, right? Spring always makes me want to do things. Not clean, obviously, but other things. Start new projects, undertake new activities, make something. In this … Continue reading »
I mentioned recently that the daughter had become somehow convinced that upon the moment of her turning four, she would suddenly be able to whistle. We tried to explain to her that this wasn’t quite how things worked, but to no avail. And, of course, she woke up on her birthday still unable to whistle. … Continue reading »
I had the best time at the Festival of Romance this weekend. Sadly, I managed to take no photos at all, which means you’ll just have to take my word for all the fun people I met, and the great chats we had. I hate to name drop (actually, clearly I don’t) but it was … Continue reading »
Next weekend, I’m fortunate enough to be spending a whole weekend with some of the UK’s best romance writers – and readers. The Festival of Romance, held this year in Bedford, celebrates everything wonderful about romantic fiction. I’m one of over 40 authors taking part, and most will be doing readings and events at various … Continue reading »
Very appropriately, I spent the release day for An A to Z of Love at the seaside. Mum, the Daughter and I drove up the coast from my parent’s house to the seaside town of Llandudno, ready for a day of paddling and building sand castles. We bought the Daughter a very pink bucket and two … Continue reading »
26 bakes, and in only just over six months. I’m definitely getting there… Following on from the success of her Grape Cake, the Daughter announced that this week, she wanted Apple Cake. Which was fortunate, since on our last trip to the library, I’d spotted this book, just waiting for me on the recently returned rack: … Continue reading »
The daughter has always had a tendency to pick up my fallback phrases. When she was two, she began every sentence with “Hey” – something I’d never realised I did until she started repeating it back to me. She also says “Brilliant” a lot, which I suspect is my fault. Although I’m pretty sure I … Continue reading »
The Avalon Inn has a visitors book, of course, full of people commenting on the food, and the hills, and the gardens, and the rain. But this post isn’t that. This post is the Avalon Inn Visiting Book – places the Avalon Inn and I have been featured since the release of Room for Love earlier this month, in … Continue reading »
