It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me anyway) that the instant you send something to an agent, you see flaws in it that you didn’t know existed. These can range from typos to repetitions to, you know, basic plot and character problems. Has anyone… Read More
It is NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month (or should it be ‘international blog posting month’?) Inspired by Mrs Waffle, I’ll be posting every day in November. I will also – for added madness – be running every day. Gretchen Rubin of The Happiness Project… Read More
Tonight, I’m making Pacific Lime Chicken, from a book that I love by Diana Henry, called Cook Simple. I’ve made a marinade of lime juice, soy sauce, honey, garlic and thyme, and now the chicken is, well, marinating. And so is my book. Yes, another… Read More
I’ve taken a step back from my book recently and realised I need to change my heroine, particularly in the opening. It’s hard. I originally conceived of her as a slightly innocent character, very sweet-natured, but somewhat downtrodden and lacking in confidence – both in… Read More
So as you may or may not have noticed, posting here has been sporadic of late. The reason being that I’ve been working a lot on a novel. I finished it in February and have been rewriting it ever since. Last week I sent it… Read More
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