The Right First Impression
‘Jack Markham, lately christened the Earl of Braxton, brought his horse to a stop on the brow of the hill just as the first rays of the...
Write What You Know, they said...
For years I had a dream of being a proper writer. One who wrote actual books which could be bought in bookshops and which real people...
The Age of Agony: a beginners guide to 19th century surgery
Surgery in the early 19th century usually meant a death sentence. It was the last resort and never undertaken lightly. Statistics from...
Being Barbara Cartland
This article was a guest blog on the brilliant Chicks, Rogues and Scandal in June 2016 and can be viewed HERE in its original format...
Thank-you Mr Darcy...
I read my first romance novel somewhere around twelve, and from then on I was hooked. However, it took another thirty years for me to...
Anna Bradley: Do you want to be nosey?
HAVE A LOOK AT ANNA'S WORLD: After the success of last month's post where I showed you around my writing room, I am delighted to tell you...
Do you want to be nosey?
HAVE A LOOK AT MY WORLD... I think most people are fundamentally nosey. Writers probably most of all. One of the things I find most...
A Rant at my TV...
Am I getting old or is the TV not as good as it was in my youth? When I turn on my box there are literally hundreds of channels, yet...
A Weak-Willed Woman's Guide to Buyers' Remorse
About five minutes ago I was sat on my sofa avidly listening to an impassioned sales pitch on QVC while I was eating my breakfast. “This...
7 Invaluable Things I have learned as a Debut Author…
The biggest dream of every aspiring writer is to be published. However, now I have a publishing contract, I realise it is not as easy as...
