I have an exciting limited offer on The Englishman and Coffee and Vodka!Normally the paperback copies of each book are £7.99, but now I can offer them to you for a very special price.Both titles for £10, or each for £6!Plus, you can have the books signed and posted to you for FREE ! *Please … [Read more...]
Approaching the pinnacle – a NaNoWriMo update
For me, this, the third week of the National Writing Month, has been the most difficult to date.On Friday after I'd reached 25,000 words and got myself another badge (hurrah), I decided it was time to have a bit of a celebration. After a very late night with friends, Saturday's word count was the … [Read more...]
A NaNoWriMo update – Day Five
I thought I'd give you just a quick update on how my National Novel Writing Month is going. It's Day Five, and I'm still very excited about the characters and the storyline of this novel, called A Marriage Adrift. It's early days, I know.But...(drumroll please) today I hit the first 10,000 words. … [Read more...]
Are you doing NaNoWriMo?
What is NaNoWriMo you ask? Well, it's the National Novel Writing Month, which takes place each year in November, when thousands of authors, or aspiring novelists, challenge themselves to write 50,000 words (I know, not quite a full-length novel, but nearly) in 30 days. That means exactly 1,667 words … [Read more...]
Sequel to The Englishman Name Reveal!
Photo: Dailymail.co.ukMost of you know by now that I am busily writing the long-awaited sequel to The Englishman. (At last you may say!). The first draft of the manuscript is now done, and I am working on my first edit. It's going well, although this stage of writing a novel is my least favourite … [Read more...]
My new life starts here…
The lovely flowers and card with beautiful messages, which I was given by my colleagues yesterday. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. That's such a cliche, I know, but this expression describes so accurately how I'm feeling today. After a night out with my (now former!) colleagues … [Read more...]
Running on coffee…
It was strong coffee for me this morning...I hope you're all having a great Monday.Last week I was struck down by a nasty bug, and was at home feeling sorry for myself, but now I'm a lot better and back at work, still feeling a bit tired, so running mainly on strong coffee (which my fellow Finns at … [Read more...]
Authors, be careful what you read…
Does what you read affect how you write?I've just finished reading The Woman in the Picture by Katharine McMahon. This novel, following the life of a female lawyer, Evelyn Gifford, in the 1920s London, is written from the point of view of the heroine and very much in a formal style of the time.I … [Read more...]
A Writer’s Retreat
What would you do if someone offered you a month away to write on a remote Scottish Island? Jump for joy? But wait, there are conditions attached...Read my guest blog post to see how I'd cope for a month without the internet or TV at Sally Gander's virtual Writer's Retreat here.This is me without an … [Read more...]
The Year That Was 2013
2013 has been quite a year for me. I'm not sure I can recall a time when so much happened in a mere twelve months.First of all, I finally took the plunge and published all of my novels on Kindle. After the success of The Englishman (over 2,000 downloads as we speak and counting), I was encouraged to … [Read more...]
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