One of the great things about being a writer is that you can arrange your timetable to your own liking. For example, I don’t mind working through weekends so I can take the odd day off during the week and that’s exactly what I did last week with a trip to London Zoo.

Here’s a pic of the gorgeous giraffes at the zoo:

and a very cute quati:

My writer pals and I had a perfect summer’s day and I think we all enjoyed the opportunity to get away from the keyboard for a while.

Another mid-week treat was our first trip of the year to the south coast where Molly and I chilled out in the sand dunes whilst the husband painted.

Well, it’s back to the keyboard now and my page proofs for A Weekend with Mr Darcy.  It’s so exciting to have these as it really does look like a book now.  Only three months to go before publication…

Another two fabulous Writer Top Tens this week: Julia Golding and Jo Cotterill who both have new books out.