Category: Blog

Karma Kindle cover:

Try saying that quickly! Have been working on a Kindle cover for Karma – as you know, I hated the girlie pink cover on the original version of Karma. It’s just not me…and it certainly wasn’t Paige! She isn’t a girlie girl! My cousin, Mika, kindly agreed to act as my model and spent yesterday… Read more »

Creative Writing: week 3

Week three of a ten week course – where does the time go? My haiku, which I mentioned a few weeks ago, had mixed feedback. Firstly, I’d got confused with the way they should be written (can I blame my ME/CFS for the confusion – probably not): syllable-wise, they should be 5 -7 – 5…. Read more »

BBC Good Food Magazine

Take a look at November’s magazine: yep, that’s me in the Taste Team. It’s just another one of those things that I signed up for, while idly browsing the internet. I made four recipes: Pork with a maple sauce, beef with anchovy toast, turkey stir fry (my favourite) and a pear and cardamom tart. I… Read more »

And relax…no, really, relax!

So, I woke up this morning and my body protested against the idea of leaving the bed today. Several medications (and hours) later, I was heading to my Creative Writing class. I know it’s weird to have written a novel and had it published and THEN decided to learn about creative writing but a) I’ve… Read more »

Book 3: Transworld Book Group Reading Challenge

The third book I chose to read was ‘The Secrets Between Us’ by Louise Douglas. It’s not the type of book that I would pick up in a book shop, based on the cover, but had I read the blurb on the back, I would’ve been intrigued. The lead character, Sarah, is recovering from some… Read more »