I love the freshness of a New Year. I love thinking about what lies ahead and all the books I want to read and all the books I want to write too and I think 2013 is going to be a bumper year!

I once had a meeting with a literary agent who told me to write ‘one book a year’. I didn’t sign with her and I’m quite sure that Enid Blyton and H E Bates wouldn’t have either, and Barbara Cartland would have had to have lived several lifetimes if she’d followed that advice. One book a year? Impossible!

So, that’s one of my New Year resolutions – to write as many books as I want, and I have two novels in mind, two non-fiction volumes – one almost ready to wing its way to you – and (whispers) another Austen Addicts novella. If you’d like to keep up-to-date with them all, make sure you’ve signed up for my newsletter or follow me on Twitter or join my Facebook fan page. I so look forward to telling you more about them.