Category Archives: The Writing Life

The ‘N’ books… #A-Z books 📚

Posted on June 28, 2020 by

This is an adaptation of something I saw on Twitter – people were posting 26 books in 26 days, each title beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. However – I’m planning on taking around 26 months to get … Continue reading →

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Sweet ‘n’ Sour books from…Scotland

Posted on June 14, 2020 by

I spent the first twenty-two years of my life in Scotland, so a sweet ‘n’ sour post from north of the border is a must. Mind you, it wasn’t until I came to Switzerland that I met Alison Baillie and … Continue reading →

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How (not) to name your minor characters…

Posted on June 7, 2020 by

I may be having problems with my current work-in-progress… Draft one was completed and polished a few months ago and went to my fabulous editor for the first edit. (Edit 1 is mainly about the plot, structure and character development) … Continue reading →

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The ‘M’ books… #A-Z books 📚

Posted on May 31, 2020 by

This is an adaptation of something I saw on Twitter – people were posting 26 books in 26 days, each title beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. However – I’m planning on taking around 26 months to get … Continue reading →

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Sweet ‘n’ sour books from… Yorkshire

Posted on May 17, 2020 by

With both family and friends living in this lovely area, I’ve been to Yorkshire more often than any other part of England – so that’s where I’ve chosen for my second sweet ‘n’ sour books. In each S+S post, I’m … Continue reading →

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Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

Posted on May 10, 2020 by

Carmen Radtke and I are what you might call opposites. She’s a native German-speaker who’s lived for decades in English-speaking countries, and I’m the other way around. I’ve read all her books in English, so I was really interested to … Continue reading →

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The ‘L’ books… #A-Z books 📚

Posted on April 19, 2020 by

This is an adaptation of something I saw on Twitter – people were posting 26 books in 26 days, each title beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. Don’t worry – I’m planning on taking around 26 months to … Continue reading →

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Sweet ‘n’ sour books from… Switzerland

Posted on April 5, 2020 by

Sweet ‘n’ sour came to mind last week while I was tidying jars in my kitchen cupboards, my lockdown activity of the day. I love the zingy taste of gooseberries and ‘soor plooms’, and who doesn’t love the creamy sweetness … Continue reading →

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The Runaway, on location…

Posted on March 29, 2020 by

I’ve never set a book in an area I haven’t visited. Having said that, most of The Runaway takes place in Cornwall, and it’s many a long day since I was there – but the impressions I had then have … Continue reading →

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Publication day for The Runaway – Extract

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

Well. It isn’t quite the publication day I’d imagined for my book – it feels wrong to be celebrating when there’s so much bad stuff going on in the world and we’re all so worried and tense.But some things, once … Continue reading →

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