My blog post about the importance of being nice...
Category: Thoughts about life
Quiz: Would you have been a witch in the 1600s?
In The Witch's Tree, the finger of suspicion is pointed in the seventeenth century. How would you have fared then? Take my quiz.
Remembering Pat, a ‘witch.’
Here's my blog post about the time I met a witch
Why Were So Many Women Accused of Being Witches?
Here's a blog post about why so many women were accused of being witches.
Ten reasons why I loved watching Peaky Blinders…
I loved watching Peaky Blinders. Here are my ten reasons why...
A Year of Mr. Maybes: a strong protagonist and a special supporting lady
Meet the characters from my latest novel, A Year of Mr Maybes.
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?
Happy New Year! It’s in with the new…
Here's my blog post, reflectng on Christmas and wishing you all a Happy New Year...
Where are all the fabulous acting roles for older women, darling?
One of my characters in The Golden Girls' Getaway is Vivienne, an actor who is in her seventies. This blog post examines the sort of roles available to her as an older woman.
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 …
That quintessence of dust 