I’m giving a short talk and reading some of my stories at the library in Lee-on-the-Solent on 6th June. If you’re in the area and free then, maybe I’ll see you there?
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New addition to the family!
Yes, I do mean edition and not addition. The only new people I’ve brought into the world are story characters. I don’t know how many I’ve created but it’s definitely more than a thousand as I’ve written more stories than that and each of them has at least one character.
Family Feeling is my latest book release and it’s currently reduced to
People’s Friend writer of the week
Guess who’s The People’s Friend writer of the week! You can read the whole interview here.
Spring break
Happy Easter to those who celebrate this holiday and happy spring to everyone. The weather is so lovely here I’m spending most of the long weekend in the garden. I love it all year round, but especially so in the spring.
I may get some writing done. Working in the garden often helps with my creativity. Either way, I’ll definitely be reading. My kindle is choice full of interesting sounding books by writing friends, many of them downloaded at bargain prices! I do like a book bargain.
If you’d like some cheery holiday reading
Book Hippo
I’m one of the featured authors on the Book Hippo website today. For those of 
you unfamiliar with it, this is a
Paint Me A Picture by Patsy Collins
A review for my novel Paint Me A Picture.
Write Club podcast.
I was interviewed for a Write Club podcast. I mainly talk about
I’ve been busy
As well as writing and writing related stuff, I sometimes work as an assistant to my husband. Gary is a maritime photographer – the best there is! This can be a tough job, lugging gear for miles in the cold and wind. Somehow though he never gets round to producing photographic evidence of that. Instead all I have to show for my efforts
(other than his undying love and gratitude obviously) are pictures of me topping up my energy levels for such tasks.
Book Haul
Valentine’s Trip
I sometimes describe myself as a romantic novelist – meaning both a writer of romance stories, and a romantic person who happens to write. Just to prove it’s true, Gary and I spent Valentine’s Day in the same place we started our honeymoon (different van though).