My Mother’s Cookbook – Recipes For Nostalgia
One of the things I love about historical fiction is being transported into another time and place. As well as vicariously living a life vastly different from my own, I also enhance my knowledge of...
View ArticleFive Life Lessons from Walking the Camino de Santiago
Since returning from my 775 kilometre trek across northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, I’ve been asked several times, ‘Did you experience any spiritual enlightenment? Discover the...
View ArticleThe Top Ten Books I Read In 2016
There’s only one thing I enjoy more than writing (and sometimes more) and that’s reading. I review a lot of the books I read on Goodreads, an online book club where readers can post reviews of books...
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DOWN THE RESEARCH RABBIT HOLE
Most novels require some sort of research. If you’re writing a novel set in a different historical period, obviously you need to do a lot of research. But regardless of what genre of novel you’re...
View ArticleThe Health Risks Of Being A Writer
Danger – writer at workDon’t let anyone tell you that writing isn’t a dangerous occupation. Just last week I came perilously close to stapling my manuscript to my thumb, and yesterday I dropped my...
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Fashion In Fiction – From Bodices To Bridget Jones
‘Fashion is the armour to survive the reality of everyday life.’ Bill Cunningham.I love clothes. Love looking at them, buying them and wearing them – especially when something I’ve bought feels...
View ArticleConfessions Of A Grammar Nazi
I suffer from an affliction shared by many other writers. (Apart from caffeine addiction, procrastination and thinking about plots while driving and missing my exit). I am a grammar Nazi. And under...
View ArticleWhy Crime Writers Are Such Nice People
The other day someone said to me, ‘You’re such a happy person. Why do you like writing crime?’Although my novels fit more into the psychological suspense/noir genres, crime plays a significant role in...
View ArticleNovellas – Why Readers And Authors Love Them
What’s a novella? I hear you cry. While most authors are familiar with them, a lot of readers don’t know that what they are, even though they have probably read at least a few. The easiest...
View ArticleWhere Do Authors Get Their Ideas?
If I had a dollar for every time someone had asked me, ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ I’d be so rich I wouldn’t need to write any more books. (But I would, anyway). Ideas are everywhere To a...
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