Hope is a theme in my next Second World War women’s fiction novel, The Secrets of Grey Oaks Hall. In both the historical and contemporary timelines, female protagonists hold to hope and the promise of better times ahead when life—and living it—are dark. Hope is also...
Thanks to Maggie Smith, host of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA) podcast series, “Hear Us Roar” for interviewing me about writing in two genres (women’s fiction and romance) while “still holding tight to [my] unique creative...
Since I live in a small town with no home mail delivery, I receive mail via a box at the local post office. At this time of year, when Floppy Ears dons her festive red coat and we take our daily walk to the post office, that box is stuffed with glossy catalogues,...
Thanks to BookTrib for featuring my Second World War novel, The Sweetheart Locket, in the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA) November 2022 list, “10 Stories of Families Dealing with War.” I’m delighted to see my book alongside those by...
Most of us take breathing for granted, exemplified by the expression “as natural as breathing.” Breathing is natural…until it isn’t. As some of you know, I have asthma, a chronic lung condition. Although my asthma is usually well-controlled, this autumn I’ve had a...
