While submitting Far From the Tree to agents, I am currently trying to take my mind off the process by continuing to write the next book in the series, Sweeter than Cider. This has led me up some interesting alleyways, down some intriguing garden paths and introduced me to a whole new set of possibilities for giving the… Continue reading Jonathan Carter – reforming cad, wheeler dealer, hopeless flirt and ‘spare’.
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Words that paint a passionate picture…mostly Jilly Cooper.
Around Valentine's Day I posted lots of examples of really good screen kisses that made my heart beat that little bit faster, but after seeing these glorious animated gifs from the recent Old Vic production of The Crucible, I decided that I should do another post on moments of passion. I am, after all, a #ruralmance… Continue reading Words that paint a passionate picture…mostly Jilly Cooper.
Art imitating life imitating farce…
When people find out I've written a novel, one of the first questions I always get asked is 'have you put anyone you know in it?'. I gather this is a pretty common question to ask a writer, and the usual response, from everything I've read and many people I've talked to, is to laugh… Continue reading Art imitating life imitating farce…
Half term shenanigans :)
Half term, before my own children, used to be a blissful time of lie ins, catching up with household things, time spent with The Husband, a bit of holiday homework and a lot of chilling out on the settee. How things change with the arrival of your own sprogs! Now, half terms tend to be… Continue reading Half term shenanigans 🙂
Pestilence and the picturesque.
Well, OK, so perhaps pestilence is a bit of an exaggeration, but I did have to take a day off school today because I was at the infectious stage of impetigo, which is a bit inconvenient. For those not in the know, impetigo is a highly contagious bacterial skin infection that causes lesions and scabs,… Continue reading Pestilence and the picturesque.
Autumnal musings
Having spent most of the last year writing, at least in part, about a business that turns on the premise of having a good crop of apples, it seemed a timely moment to share some of the pictures I took last week. My parents' house was built in what was an orchard, and there still… Continue reading Autumnal musings
Pretending I’m actually famous enough to be interviewed…;)
I found this list of questions on http://www.publishing-hub.com/2013/11/words-with-writers-20-fantastic.html and I thought it might be fun to answer some of them, to give people a flavour of what I'm like as a writer. So here goes! -What does your writing process look like? Process...hmmm. Well, at the moment, it's five minutes here and there during the day,… Continue reading Pretending I’m actually famous enough to be interviewed…;)
Fay Keenan 