The Adventures of a Blonde Writer
This post is based on my learnings from writing my debut romcom; Instructions For Falling In Love Again, everything I gleaned from working with two editors and reading a ton of contemporary romcom books featuring fictional friendships through my book blogging. I am going to be honest here. Until I started working with my editors, […]
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This book, As Luck Would Have It, is a strong contender for my Best Book of 2019. It is such a sweet romance I didn’t want to turn out the light and go to sleep. I wanted to throw open my bedroom window and burst into a glorious song. Before I devoured this book I […]
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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 […]
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Last year I reviewed Bettina Hunt’s, Without a Hitch, a novel about the wedding journeys of three brides. Bettina’s novel made me reconnect with my inner bridezilla which is something I thoroughly enjoyed doing. After nineteen long years of marriage there’s nothing better than being whisked away to think about wedding dress choices, flower arrangements […]
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Welcome to my blog party to celebrate the book cover reveal of my debut romcom novel, Instructions For Falling In Love Again. Thanks for coming. I LOVE your virtual party outfit – wow – you look great! My goodness you do scrub up well. Hang on, didn’t you get the party brief about NOT outshining the […]
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Bit of a mixed bag this week, so I thought I would imagine us having a coffee and talking about writing. Obviously I would ask you how your writing is going first, before launching into a lengthy account (complete with hand actions, dramatic hair flicks and eye rolls) about how I am doing creatively. Here’s […]
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In terms of writer distraction this has been the worse. The ‘what am I?’ question will mess with your head and even when you think you know what you are, another little voice will whisper, ‘but what if you wrote stuff like this…’
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Writing the second half of a romance story can feel a bit like this: An army of uncontrollable emotions are heading your way and it is going to take all your strength, as a writer, to hold them back.
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As a romance writer I thought it would be fun to create a mini job description. Vacancy – Romance Writer Do you enjoy writing about the first flushes of love and want to excite millions of romance readers around the world? About The Role Hours: Can vary each week. Dependent upon romantic feelings, number of […]
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Writing a break up can be just as tricky as creating a romantic union between two characters. In certain scenarios it can play havoc with your writer emotions and you may find yourself reaching for the tissues, raiding the chocolate cupboard and compiling a sad songs playlist. Back in the day, before I found my […]
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