When a Side Character Insists on Being a Hero
I knew from the outset that the charming lady’s man Jake Warriner was a spy, so in his book, A Warriner to Seduce Her, I had to create a...
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...
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...
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...
Erratic Breathing and the Steely Glare...
This article was originally written for, and published on, The Romance University http://romanceuniversity.org/2016/04/08/erratic-breathi...
Chasing the Writer's Muse
I am no expert! I wanted to stress that right at the beginning of this little article, just in case somebody became outraged at a newbie...
How the smugglers helped shape the English language…
For most of us, our knowledge of smugglers in the 18th and 19th centuries comes from the stereotype we have seen on films and television....
I guess I'm an author now...
Since I was lucky enough to receive The Call from Harlequin Mills and Boon a few weeks ago, I have gone from an amateur writer to a...
21st Century Technology & the Crispy Prawn...
I really do try not to be useless. I am great believer in the old adage that change is good and that being able to adapt to change is a...
What ifs, Procrastination & the Obligatory Crisis of Confidence...
Being a writer is a strange thing. You live the majority of your day inside your own head, talking to yourself. Any person, not a writer,...
