So, it’s been a bit of an exciting week, here at Pembroke Cottage. Firstly, and most importantly, the Daughter turned four, with all the pomp and ceremony you might expect. She’d spent weeks, possibly months, planning the details. She’d chosen the theme – Alice in Wonderland, of course – decided on the invitation design, discussed … Continue reading »
I know my books are all set in small villages and towns, out in the hills and the country, miles from anywhere… but I have a confession to make. I love London. I always have, ever since we spent a weekend there when I was sixteen, in the middle of a heat wave, and my … Continue reading »
Just checking in with a quick update – I finished the first draft of my new book this week, on time, and I still love it (which is rare at this point). It needs a good, thorough revision, of course, but the bones are down and I know I can work with them. Still a … Continue reading »
As a special treat to make up for losing an hour to British Summer Time yesterday, I got to see the new cover for An A to Z of Love. Isn’t it pretty? Lyrical Press have done an amazing job on my covers, and I’m so grateful. What I love most about the covers for … Continue reading »
Just turned in the edits for Room for Love, and in return got confirmation of the release date for the companion book, An A to Z of Love! Looking like early July 2012 for that one, with Room for Love still scheduled for May. So exciting! Continue reading »
This round of ROW80 has been a bit of a windy road for me. On the one hand, fantastic news and a writing contract in hand. On the other, the realisation that there are actually only 24 hours in the day, and I can’t do everything I want to, no matter how hard I try. Continue reading »
I’ve always loved reading other people’s The Call stories. In the same way I love looking at photos of other people’s writing spaces, it makes me feel closer to them and their writing, and helps me imagine my perfect writing space. My perfect moment, when I get The Call. Last Friday, I got The Email, … Continue reading »
I do not enjoy synopsis writing. I realise this doesn’t exactly make me unique – very few writers do, I’ve found. But for me, the hardest part has always been trying to condense my sprawling, nuanced story into a couple of pages of coherent narrative. So I’ve started doing something new. I write the synopsis first. Continue reading »
The hardest part of the write-revise-submit-write-revise-submit cycle, for me anyway, is the post submission malaise. When I’m writing, I’m fired with enthusiasm – either for the draft in hand, or for whatever shiny new idea I have had to put aside until it’s finished. Either way, I’m plugging on, getting words on the page, clocking … Continue reading »
