My thoughts about books, writing, life and so many other things….Judy Leigh/ Elena Collins.
So, I’ve been asking lots of people, who’s the biggest badass in literature when it comes to males we love to hate in books . Out of all the novels filled with Bluebeards and Byronic men, who’s the biggest baddie? Of course, the conversations have been captivating. (I’m talking about male protagonists here – discussions …
The other day, when I was out walking and thinking first thing in the morning, as I almost always do when the weather’s good, I was pondering on the usual random stuff. As I’ve finished a novel and I haven’t quite started to allow myself to think about the next one – I like to …
Hi. I’ve been away from blogging for a while, mainly being busy writing novels. Five a year is quite a target, and I always make sure I look after my brain and my creative energy in between writing. Resting and recharging is important. I’ve written the first two novels of the JR Leigh DI Archie …
My latest book, A French Fling for the Golden Gals, published on May 24th, is all about the joys of travelling to France. In particular, we visit the coastal village of Plouvannec in Brittany, which is based on a specially beautiful beach on the Crozon peninsula. It’s the story of Maxine Sweet, who comes home …
Continue reading Travelling and Sisterhood. For International Women’s Day.
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Reading was my first glimpse of magic. My mother read to me, which makes me very fortunate. On her knee as a baby, a toddler, a preschooler. I was allowed to point to the words, to sound them out, to close my eyes and breathe in the beauty of descriptions, characters, adventures. I read everything …
This year has been an awesome one in so many ways. Of course, there were the intensely sad bits. People I love have been ill - thankfully on the road to recovery. Two lovely people have gone: there were heart-breaking funerals, then coping with grief. They were the inevitable moments when things get tough. G …
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