Muskets, thieves and outlaws: what's not to love about historical romance? Poldark was my first taste of a book in this genre, and...

I was delighted to win a Gold Literary Titans award for the first book in The Techboys Series, The Refusal. I was even more delighted...

My favorite part of a launch is when readers start to dive into the book. Chiefly because the process of editing and smoothing out all...

When you're sitting at home writing all day and you're an indie author, the question becomes: what makes launch day special? You have to...

I've had some lovely feedback on The Refusal from men. And I guess it surprised me, it shouldn't have done, but sometimes it's difficult...

Many famous authors (E.M Forster, Beatrix Potter, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen) were born or have lived significant periods of their...

... What more could you want in life? My fellow romance author Debbie Cromack introduced me to the Australian Firefighters Calendar via...

The Wishing Shelf Awards were created for authors by an author. The awards were set up by Edward Trayer who became disillusioned with the...

What makes a good sex scene for you? Long and drawn out or fast and furious? Perhaps the interesting use of accoutrements (honey, rope,...

Los Angeles. Hmmm . . . movie industry, bright lights, famous actors, wannabes and scriptwriters . . . There's something about LA that...

In last week's post, I talked about finding notes from my kids, but also another set of notes that I found on the internet: notes to and...

The notes people leave or give to each other are like shining a light into the crevices and cracks of how we behave as people: Everything...

I meet with a group of friends in Edinburgh to ruminate over writing, actually write (if there is not too much gossip to be shared),...

Another day, another award. Sigh. It's just so tedious how people keep giving The Refusal these things . . . hahaha. Being serious for a...

One of the great joys of being on social media is all the amazing readers who get in touch. When @romance.novel.junkies (find her here)...

Readers of The Refusal have had a lot they want to talk to me about. That lift scene. Does Janus's company go down? Is Fabian guilty? And...

One of the joys of sharing The Refusal on social media has come from fans responding with their own ideas about the book, often in quite...

We got Daisy as a kitten and she was the runt of the litter. At six weeks, she was half the size she was supposed to be, having never...

One of the joys of writing is including places you love, and The Techboys Series contains a whole series of places in New York that are...

I'm delighted to announce that The Refusal is being included in a romance bookbox and I am so excited to be included with Elle Nicoll and...