For most of my adult life, I fit my writing around a nine-to-five job. However, in the past six years, in part due to English Rose’s medical challenges, I’ve been a full-time writer. This month, though, I’ve once again juxtaposed my writing with a temporary part-time...
With significant events in both my writing and mum lives, this past week has been a time of joy, reflection and bittersweet change. Book edits As many of you know, Montana Reunion, my Harlequin Heartwarming and western romance debut, releases in January 2022. It’s a...
A highlight of my recent holiday was visiting a museum for the first time in over a year. And not just any museum, but one dedicated to a favourite author, Lucy Maud (L.M.) Montgomery, best known for Anne of Green Gables. While Montgomery is usually associated with...
In the last few weeks, “Summer Holiday” by Cliff Richard and The Shadows (first released in 1963 with the British film of the same name) has been on my mind. With a catchy tune and fun, uplifting lyrics, it’s an ode to taking a summer break away from the regular...
I don’t often post about my writing process because most of those who read this blog are readers, not other writers. However, having been in what some authors, me included, call the “writing and editing cave” for weeks (writing the first draft of one book and editing...
Dear blog readers, This week, I’m on the “Write for Harlequin” blog chatting about my “Call Story” (how authors describe selling a manuscript to a publisher), and my debut western romance, Montana Reunion, which will release from Harlequin Books Heartwarming line in...
