Yesterday should have been devoted to preparing for a talk I’m giving on Thursday as the final event of The ELmbridge Literary Festival (Vera Flethcer Hall, Ember Court Road, Thames Ditton 8pm.) but instead I had to go to London. … Continue reading
Tagged Life|This is a name that crops up on the Transita website a lot. This weekend I finally got round to checking out all the sites/blogs I’ve wanted to look up for a long time. That was a good idea. The … Continue reading
When I was eight, we lived in a small town in County Kildare in Ireland, called Monasterevin. It’s where most of the enduring impressions of my life were laid down and are now emerging as inspiration for stories. It’s also … Continue reading
An interesting thing happened on Friday. A local primary school was having its Christmas shopping night and I decided to have a table so that the literate could buy their grannies a book for Christmas, signed by the author. At … Continue reading
Is it me or there something very wonderful about the notion of the Romance Novelists’ Association having their Winter Party in the library of the IMechE in London?The building is imposing and very masculine and seems an odd venue for romance writers … Continue reading
Last week Transita had a (square table) conference and it was decided that we would have a blog on the website – www.transita.co.uk. I agreed and am now in the position of having two blogs. Whoop de do. Next the … Continue reading
This is the week of sorting – or finding the surface of the desk. I haven’t seen it since before Soft Voices Whispering launched in October but have fond memories – red leather, embossed edges and, unless the memory is false, … Continue reading
This weekend I ran a two day workshop with a fellow writer and freind, Linda Gillard. It was only the second time we met on this planet but we knew it would work and it did. I misspelled Yaquata’s name. … Continue reading
This is the day after the month when there was a Literary Festival -including a workshop and a Readers’ Day, a launch, two signings, two book group talks, a weekend workshop with my friend and co-author, Linda Gillard and finally, a … Continue reading
The bash was posh – Christies in London. Walls covered in paintings and a large pulpit up front – I’d have loved a turn up there, telling a few stories. I’ll have to be an item first. Quite a lot … Continue reading