Yesterday, I met up with bestselling Regency romance novelist, Nicola Cornick, for a walk and a talk! With our dogs, Molly and Monty, we walked in the grounds of beautiful Ashdown House where Nicola is a tour guide. You can read more about … Continue reading →
One of the things I love about summer is that you can decide to go out as late as six o’clock and still have hours of daylight to enjoy. That’s what we did yesterday – heading off into Oxfordshire. Roy’s … Continue reading →
I have to admit to being one of these women who adores pink. I have pink dresses, pink hats, a pink clock and even a pink laptop! But I was almost swayed when we visited the lavender fields of Snowshill in … Continue reading →
One of the fun things about writing a novel is the research and the Jane Austen trilogy I’m currently writing is proving great fun. In April, I had a trip to Lyme Regis where I spent a week really getting … Continue reading →
2010 is a very special year if you’re a romantic novelist because it marks the 50th anniversary of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. I’ve been a member since 1996 and I’ve made so many friends through the society and had so much … Continue reading →
Last night, I had the great pleasure of attending the HarperCollins Summer Party at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The party was in the courtyard which made a lovely venue with its fountains and fabulous architecture. There were even … Continue reading →
I’m really excited about this week’s Writer Top Tens – they’re by two brilliant writers, Scott Mariani and Matt Haig, who have new vampire novels out. They’re brilliant reads and both are a totally new approach to the whole vampire … Continue reading →
Now, I know I said in my last post that I don’t mind working weekends but the last two have been the exception. Yesterday, I had a trip to the National Portrait Gallery to meet the lovely author, Jane Odiwe. … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
I’ve just returned from a wonderful Jane Austen weekend, staying at the fabulous house that was used in Emma Thompson’s adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. Overlooking an estuary and set in 5,000 acres of Devon countryside, it boasts its own beach … Continue reading →
Today was probably the first warm day of May and very timely it was too for a meeting of The Arthur Ransome Society on the beautiful Ashridge Estate. The event was ‘Picnic, parley and patterans’ and, after the picnicking and the parleying, … Continue reading →
We’ve just returned from a wonderful week in Lyme Regis. This was a special research trip for my current novel – The Illustrated Darcy – the second in my series about Jane Austen addicts. We were staying in an apartment on the harbour front … Continue reading →