NOVELS AND CHARACTERS
Wow weren’t the Olympics great! I loved the ebullient opening ceremony which contained just the right amount of strangeness, passion and depth. …
Bake A Book Jacket!
One of the lovely presents my niece Ruth Wynne-Jones gave me this Christmas was a very special biscuit decorated to look like …
Knitting By The Lake
‘I am a forty eight year old woman who loves books and I have read zillions in my life. My husband has …
The X Factor and the rhino
‘The belly-laugh being a rare enough commodity on this planet, this promises to be one of my favourite novels of the year…very …
Finding Your Own Writing Voice
If you’d sat me down after I wrote my first novel and asked me how I did it I wouldn’t have been …
Cat Charisma
Found myself doing some genealogical research recently and understand why so many people are enthralled by it. Had to virtually prise myself …
Some Simple Pleasures
Savouring simple pleasures adds a sparkle to ho hum days when one longs to be under an olive tree eating figs. Of …
‘Ready Or Not?’ Quote
“It would have helped her to know that lots of people feel like this, but like lots of people she believed her …
The Rectory
I want to tell you about a house. Not any old house but a house I loved. It was a refuge, a …
Getting Publicity For Your Book
Thought I’d better add a new blog since Honey has written such long ones recently. I don’t think she’s finished reading The …
FISH
Yesterday I went to Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin with a friend. It’s by the sea and we walked to a part of …
Ordinary Miracles review: ‘She has an assured style and a wonderful insight into the separated lady’s lot…I couldn’t put it down. I …
New edition of Ordinary Miracles from Ãccent Press
It only takes ordinary miracles to change your life. Jasmine Smith: forty next month and not ready for it; married to a …