Hens' Lit - books my mum would have read with a smile...
Category: On writing
So you want to write a novel?
Writers are often asked to give advice about writing novels. Here are my thoughts...
Holding out for a hero….
Are the male protagonists in romance novels too good to be true? Or is it possible to take them into our hearts?
New name, new genre, same author…
New novels coming in May. Introducing Elena Collins' The Witch's Tree...
The stunning locations shine from the pages of The Golden Girls’ Getaway
Here's a blog post about the beautiful settings for The Golden Girls' Getaway as they travel across the UK . I've included a few quotations from the book too...
On the importance of writing groups – and a short story.
My blog post is in praise of local writing groups. I can't recommend mine highly enough. And a short story. that I wrote for my last group...
When neighbours become good friends…
I wrote The Golden Girls’ Getaway about three women, Vivienne, Mary and Gwen, who are neighbours in a house in London. Vivienne, 72, occupies the top flat, Gwen the ground floor, and Mary, the oldest resident at 80 years old, lives in the basement. Throughout the lockdown situation, they have become more supportive to each …
Travels and Tales in Wonderful Wales
It’s great to get away: even though I love my house and I have so many jobs lined up – electrics, oiling floors, fixing holes in ceilings, so much gardening (sighs!!) – it’s so lovely to take a break. It was Big G‘s birthday, and although I have several ideas for new books in the …
What I’m writing at the moment.
It’s always exciting to write a blog post about where I am with my writing, which novels are in the bag, which are in the pipeline and which are yet to be hatched. I’m having a reading and research week currently, creating new characters and fresh ideas for a second spooky novel, which I intend …
Update from a busy writer…
I haven’t blogged for a few weeks as I’ve been really busy doing a variety of things. I’ve finished editing The Golden Girls’ Getaway, my next novel, which is out in December. It’s about three wonderful women celebrating the end of lockdown by heading across the UK in a borrowed motor home and having adventures …
That quintessence of dust 