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I’m in the midst of rewrites at the moment for my rom com, The Runaway Actress, which is going to be published in the UK in April. I’m very excited about this novel – it’s about a famous movie star who swaps Hollywood for the Highlands in an attempt to find out who she truly is. It’s been enormous fun to write and I can’t wait until it hits the shelves in 2012.
It’s been rather chaotic here over the last couple of weeks. Not only are we attempting to move house and being thwarted each and every way we turn but two of our pets have been ill too. Our dear spaniel, Molly, had a tumour on her spleen and had a big operation to remove both. We nearly lost her and she looked so unwell, dear girl, but she’s making a really good recovery. But more bad news followed and the vet discovered a lump which has to be removed so another operation is awaiting her.
And our special hen, Dolly Clare, is unwell too. We have some medication for her but she’s lost a lot of weight and is very fragile.
So, anxious times here and not a great environment in which to write but stories don’t write themselves so one has to do one’s best and just get on with it.
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Great excitement – the first two titles in my Austen addicts trilogy have both entered the ebook Top 100 chart at Waterstone’s! So, if you want to celebrate the upcoming 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s first publication, bag yourself a copy of A Weekend with Mr Darcy and The Perfect Hero and indulge yourself in a little Austen magic!
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“There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” That’s what Ratty said to Mole in Kenneth Grahame’s wonderful novel, The Wind in the Willows, and we’ve been putting this to the test over the last week with two fabulous boat trips! Chichester Harbour is a favourite place of ours and we spend a lot of time there over the summer months with Roy painting on the beach and me and Molly walking along the coast path but something we’ve never done is a boat ride so we took ourselves off to Itchenor last week.
It was a dazzlingly bright autumn day and it was so lovely to be out on the water. But did you know that you’re not immune from junk mail even if you live on a boat? Here are some chaps delivering flyers!
Despite the warmth, there was a gentle reminder that it was really autumn.
Then, to celebrate our wedding anniversary, we took another boat ride at Henley on Thames – home of the famous regatta.
There are some pretty amazing houses along the Thames. Here’s one I’ve got my eye on!
And we were lucky enough to see actor, David Walliams, doing his swim of the River Thames.
I think Ratty was right - there really is something very special about boats!
Now, it’s back to work. My edits for The Runaway Actress are about to land and I’ve just made a tentative start on a brand new novel - The Aphrodite Touch. More about that soon…
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Thank you so much to everyone who entered my competition to win a signed copy of my new novel The Perfect Hero and a Jane Austen-inspired goody bag. The winner, Catherine from Dorset, was picked at random by bestselling author, Miranda Dickinson. Congratulations, Catherine!
Sorry if you’ve not been successful this time but do keep an eye on the website as there will be a new competition soon!
And don’t forget, you can still bag yourself a copy of The Perfect Hero. It was chosen as a ‘Summer Pick’ in The Sun last month and you may have seen it featured on Channel 5′s The Vanessa Show. It’s currently available on Amazon for £3.93 and the Kindle version is just £1.99 and it’s also is on promotion at large Tesco supermarkets across the country together with A Weekend with Mr Darcy.
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