My thoughts about books, writing, life and so many other things….Judy Leigh/ Elena Collins.
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.
I have a problem when I go travelling; wherever I pause, I imagine putting down roots. Of course, it doesn’t last long but, for a short while, I think ‘I want to live here.’ The first time I went to Cornwall’s beaches, I thought I’d gone to heaven. The first time I went to the …
June was a heck of a month. Apart from being the month of my birth, the month of the solstice and the month with the longest daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the month that’s supposed to be the best time to buy a laptop and the worst time to buy a barbecue. Father’s …
I’m really excited to tell you about my recent visit to the USA. More specifically, to Denver Colorado. I went there for a family wedding at Sapphire Point, one of the most beautiful places in the mountains, overlooking a lake. Breath-taking. Emotional. Special. Denver is a mile above sea level, the mountains even higher, so …
Most of you know the feeling - how it's great being away, but it's so, so nice to return home. Well, I'm about to do the first and then the second. I'm going on a memorable trip and I will be richer and wiser when I come back, but not in terms of physical things. …
Continue reading I’m planning a trip away…but where am I going?
Happy Fourth Birthday, Boldwood Books. To celebrate, here are four of my favourite locations in my novels...
The inspirational setting for The Lady of the Loch...
Happy Christmas, with love!xx
Read about Mimi, Jess and Isabella, the Highland Hens. My new book is out soon!
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 …
That quintessence of dust 