Writing and Golf.
Monday, July 18th, 2011 Posted in Books, DIARY, The Writing World | No Comments »Worked on the copy-edited script of THE ROAD BENEATH ME yesterday and today. Got it finished and the relevant pages off to my publisher. Great relief that that is out of the way. Tomorrow it will be back to the ...
Susan Hill
Thursday, May 5th, 2011 Posted in BOOKS FROM MY BOOKSHELVES, Books, DIARY, The Writing World | No Comments »I have just read and thoroughly enjoyed A KIND MAN by Susan Hill. I am a fan and love her economy of words without losing impact. They still make an impression, keep the story moving, and are brilliant in creating character. Her ghost ...
RNA meeting
Thursday, May 5th, 2011 Posted in My Writing Life, The Writing World | No Comments »Just back from a meeting of the Northern Group of the RNA (Romantic Novelists Association). About 18 of us there and after an enjoyable lunch, during which there was lots of writing chatter between neighbours, we had a lively meeting ...
SAVE YOUR LIBRARY
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 Posted in Books, DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | No Comments »My talk in Helmsley library last Saturday went well. Helmsley is a small market town near where I live so I didn't expect as many people as I had at Scarborough, the large seaside resort on the Yorkshire coast. The ...
Writers and Writing
Thursday, April 7th, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World, Work in Hand | No Comments »Last Saturday I gave a talk to Friends of Scarborough Library. About 60 there. A very receptive audience - I think a speaker can quickly sense that. I am giving a similar talk at the Helmsley Library this Saturday. During the week ...
RNA MEETING
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 Posted in Books, DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 1 Comment »Just back from our Northern Chapter meeting of the Romantic Novelists Association - the first after our winter break. It was good to meet up with writers again, especially those with similar interests. As this was the first meeting of the ...
The Writing World is Alive
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 Posted in Books, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 2 Comments »Since my last blog at the end of January telling you I had finished my novel and it had gone to my publisher I've taken some time off. Well, not exactly a holiday but what I did was enjoyable and ...
Independent Booksellers
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Books, DIARY, The Writing World | No Comments »Visited White Rose Books whenI was in nearby Thirsk. Good to be in an independent bookshop with its own style of presentation. No dictating from head office ! Sue Lake, the owner, has gathered a pleasant, helpful staff interested in the customer ...
Middlesbrough LitFest – Radio Interview
Friday, June 11th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 2 Comments »Interviewed today for radio in connection with my talk at Middlesbrough LitFest on 29June, 6- 8pm. The interview has been put on the internet. If you want to hear it go to http://southsidebroadcasting.podbean.com/ The interviewer, Alex Lewczuk and Gill Appleton were in ...
The Independent on Sunday/Romantic Novelists Association
Friday, January 15th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 1 Comment »I was interviewed yesterday by a journalist for The Independent on Sunday. He is doing a feature article about romantic fiction and had got my name from the Romantic Novelists Association. He is involving three authors - two females and ...