The Adventures of a Blonde Writer
Welcome to my virtual blog party! After 3 years and 6 months of blood, sweat, tears, endless cups of coffee, 12 drafts, 5 rewrites, many hours spent at the kitchen table, countless time spent gazing out of the window daydreaming, loads of sweaty author nightmares, millions of texts and emails to writers friends, a mind […]
Read MoreDating a time traveller sounds flash, but there would be some stuff you would need to consider before taking the romantic leap. This post works on the basis that you are about to start dating a time traveller and only they have the ability to cross time. Here are the things you would need to think […]
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Welcome to my weekly blog series – Heaven Calling This is the final part in this series, so I hope you enjoy it. Blurb Camilla’s enjoyment of heaven life came to an abrupt end after she discovered her husband Gerry was dating back on Earth. He’d spent two years grieving her but in Camilla’s eyes […]
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The first kiss between a romance book’s main characters is a huge turning point for a romance story. Up until this point both the hero and heroine will have been denying their true feelings, casting smouldering looks and giving each other weird tingling sensations. It won’t have been easy for the characters as the author […]
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I have been wanting to write this post for ages. My fictional character Roxy is going on date with a potential vampire and I have been giving some thought to how a date might work. I can’t be the only one who doesn’t sit and think about what it would be like to date something […]
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I am a BIG fan of holiday romances in films, fiction and in real life too (pre wedlock days obviously). Holiday romances can be both life changing and memorable. After some extensive research for this blog post (which involved quizzing friends about their holiday romances – very tough!) I have drawn up the five stages […]
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Tuesday 4.55 P.M. I have spent the day giving Dan one word responses to his texts. It has only taken 15 texts for him to work out something is wrong. I love the power of the word ‘fine’. 5.05 P.M. I am on my way home from work. My bus is packed full of […]
Read MoreMonday 3.25 P.M. I am busy checking my phone. There are no new texts from Dan, since he text me three times this morning – to say that he missed me. My mood is sinking. I need to see his smiley face so I am going to take a peek at his Facebook page. After […]
Read MoreSunday 1.39 a.m. After my drunken fall off the table and landing in the arms of Annoying Dan I told him to put me down and leave me alone. I am now staring at George, Maggie’s Greek landlord, giving him one of my drunken intense stares. They always work back home – so why […]
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Sunday 1.55 P.M. I am sat in Brian’s car, parked outside the garden centre, awaiting my new date, Derek. It was my idea for the date to be at the garden centre. A decision that I am now regretting as Derek is a gardener and I struggle with growing watercress. To secure the date I […]
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