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Saturday, November 29, 2008

No longer a decorating refugee

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I have moved back into my study, but still need to figure out which pictures go where. I am also waiting for the curtain rail to go up. The ...
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Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving plus cranberry sauce

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Happy Thanksgiving. Today is one of the days that I stop and pause and reflect on how many blessings I have in my life. There are so many th...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Submitting and changes

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Sometimes unpublished writers ask -- if they ask for the full manuscript, does that mean I can edit the first three chapters? ANSWER: Yes, ...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Secondary characters

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Because I have started writing something a bit different, I have gone back to the beginning with looking at craft books etc. I am reminded o...
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Monday, November 24, 2008

On being a decorating refugee

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It is happening today. My study is being repainted. Properly. The painters are arriving. They will also be doing the living room and the sun...
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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Viking Warrior, Unwilling Wife has a book widget

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Browse this book Add to your site Buy this book I was very pleased when I learnt that Viking Warrior, Unwilling Wife was going to have ...
Friday, November 21, 2008

November Reader contest winners and December contest preview

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I drew the names out of the hat today. Jane Armstead won the first prize of her choice of a hardback copy of either A Question of Improprie...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Hugh Jackman -- Sexiest Man alive

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Thanks to Carrie Lofty (whose debut book What A Scoundrel I am eagerly awaiting from Amazon), I discovered that People Magazine have voted ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Cookbooks and me

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Natasha Oakley has written about the joys of cookbooks on thePink Heart Society today. I will cheerfully admit to having too many cookbook...
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Monday, November 17, 2008

Philistine with a capital F

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When I first came to the UK as a Junior Year Abroad student, the professor in charge of the group used to say that we were philistines with ...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Reading like a reader

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One of the reasons why I became a writer is that I love to read. However, because I wanted to know a lot about the process of writing, I al...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Cataromance Review of A Question of Impropriety

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As regular readers of this blog will know, I wait for Julie Bunello's reviews. I know that Julie loves romance, in particular serie...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Article in the Hexham Courant about me and my books

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As a result of the BBC Radio Newcastle interview, a journalist from the Hexham Courant contacted me and a piece has appeared in the paper. T...
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Mole reaction

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When informed of our velvet coated gentleman caller, my husband became absolutely delighted. He is hoping to see Mr Mole...In the meantime, ...
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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Moles

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I have just opened the curtains and a horrible thought struck me -- a mole has invaded the garden. The back lawn now has several piles of fr...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Indoor Rowing update

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It has been nearly three months since I started indoor rowing. Somehow the Olympics seems a long time ago. This means six weeks to Christma...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Turning in revisions the second time

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Yesterday, I turned my revisions to the latest Viking in -- please God let me have closed all the plot holes and not made any ones. Please ...
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Sunday, November 09, 2008

Remembrance Sunday 2008

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Today is Remembrance Sunday. It is 90 years since WWI ended on the 11 th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. It is good to stop and cons...
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Saturday, November 08, 2008

The unexpected

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Yesterday, I finally watched Consuming Passion: 100 years of Mills & Boon . What the BBC did was to look at three women's lives and ...
Thursday, November 06, 2008

Excursion from Sorrento: Capri

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To get to Capri from Sorrento -- you take a ferry from the Piccolo Marina. The Piccolo Marina is the larger of the two marinas and it is w...
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