I'm currently on the home stretch of the first draft of my fourth novel, and I thought it would be a good point to share with you some of the things I focus on when I'm writing about the relationships that drive my work. I also want to think about how something I've been watching… Continue reading The (Dare) Devil is in the details…
Tag: the second chance tea shop
Welcome to my happy place…
Ever since I can remember, writing and reading have been my happy places. They are where I go when, if you'll excuse the vernacular, Shit Gets Too Real in real life. Now, before everyone gets out their tiny violins, can I just make clear that, actually, for most of the time, my life is exactly… Continue reading Welcome to my happy place…
This Cider House Rules: An Interview With Martin Thatcher.
First of all, apologies for the radio silence these past few weeks- I've been up to my ears in book 3, working on the manuscript ready to send to my agent, as well as the usual work, life and child related stuff, and one or two other unexpecteds that threw my groove a bit. However,… Continue reading This Cider House Rules: An Interview With Martin Thatcher.
Left on the shelf(ie)
Life has rather taken over for the past few weeks and I've not written much in this blog. However, I couldn't let this week pass without making reference to the fact that my first novel, The Second Chance Tea Shop, is now on the shelves in Sainsbury's supermarket stores nationwide. When I got the email from… Continue reading Left on the shelf(ie)
Art Imitating Life…
Anyone who's read The Second Chance Tea Shop will know that I set the novel in very familiar surroundings. The village of Little Somerby might be fictional, but it's very much grounded in reality. The Strawberry Line, part of the railway track that was shut in the 1960s by Dr Beeching, runs alongside Little Somerby in… Continue reading Art Imitating Life…
Musical Musings
Since I started writing the Little Somerby books, I've not really managed to write to music, although music is definitely an influence. I have it on when I drive, and since that's when I often do my plotting (while keeping my eyes firmly on the road, of course!), often, songs come onto the radio or… Continue reading Musical Musings
Someone pinch me…
...I must be dreaming. This can't be happening to me, the girl, and then the woman, whose head was always somewhere different to her body. The girl who wrote stories from the moment she could pick up a pen, spent many years playing with characters that other people had invented and then, in the throes… Continue reading Someone pinch me…
Letting it go…out into the world.
Friday saw the official reveal of the cover for my debut novel, 'The Second Chance Tea Shop' on the lovely Sophie's blog at 23 Review Street. Thanks once again to Sophie for hosting it :). My fab publisher, Aria, have done an amazing job at creating a beautiful design, as you can see: There are… Continue reading Letting it go…out into the world.
Time to shout about it…
After keeping things fairly quiet for a few weeks, I've been given the official nod that I can share the news. I'm absolutely over the moon to announce that I've signed a three-book deal with a dynamic imprint of Head of Zeus Publishing, Aria Fiction. Aria will be releasing my first novel, 'The Second Chance… Continue reading Time to shout about it…
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