I have spent a large part of this week enjoying the Swindon Festival of Literature. It’s a fantastic event. The festival has been running for 20 years and attracts some very big stars indeed; this year we’ve already had Clare Balding, Esther Rantzen, Richard and Judy, Kate Humble, and Stella Rimington with more UK big name [...]
Congratulations to Georgina, who has won the April website contest and to Julia who has won the special contest for newsletter subscribers. The prizes are on their way to you! I’d also like to thank everyone very much for signing up to the newsletter again. I appreciate it very much. The May website contest is [...]
It’s been a little bit quiet here on the blog over the past 10 days. In fact it’s been quieter than I had intended it to be! My book deadline was brought forward and I have been writing frantically to meet it. Now I have pressed send and the manuscript winging its way to my [...]
Should Lady Mary Crawley be entitled to inherit Downton Abbey? On the Word Wenches we’re chatting about why the boys almost always get the title. Come and tell us what you think about the great inheritance debate here!
The UK Festival of Romance is taking place this month in Bedford and this wonderful offer has just been announced. You can WIN A PAIR of WEEKEND ROVER TICKETS in associationwith Novelicious. The lucky winner and a friend will win £60 worth of tickets to ALL THE PARTIES at the Festival: – Meet the Authors Coffee [...]
It was back in 2010 that the idea was first mooted amongst the Word Wenches to write a short story anthology. As soon as we started discussing ideas I knew whose story I wanted to write. In 2009 my Brides of Fortune series had been published. It featured a secondary character called Lady Lydia Cole, [...]
It was a huge pleasure to show members of my local Bath/Wiltshire Romantic Novelists’ Association Chapter around Ashdown House on Saturday. Twelve members of the group travelled from Bristol and beyond for a special guided tour with tea and cakes afterwards. Fortunately we had a beautiful sunny day for the visit which meant that the [...]
I’m very excited, as this week I received copies of a very special anthology. For years I have been hoping that my short story The Secrets of a Courtesan would be published in print as well as in e-format. I’ve had so many requests for this from readers and I’ve passed these on to my [...]
Forbidden, Book 6 in my Scandalous Women of the Ton series is hitting the shelves tomorrow (although I’ve heard it has already been sighted in some stores.) I’m very excited that the final book in the series is coming out and at the same time I’m a little bit sad to say goodbye to all [...]
Here is a fabulous opportunity for all aspiring authors! This year’s UK Festival of Romance is running a New Talent Award. Here is the press release: New Talent Award aims to uncover romantic fiction authors of the future The Festival of Romance is delighted to announce that the New Talent Award will run again this [...]