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I’m posting because I try to post every Saturday but I’m afraid I have nothing much to report. My deadlines have been pushed up so I’m racing to try and get the second draft of my new book (which I’m...
View ArticleThese dark days of the soul…
Oh dear. I overslept big-time this morning. Until 11.30. And I can’t really say that I’m raring to go and ready to take on the world. In fact, I’d rather just go back to bed. You see, I’m at that stage...
View ArticlePraise be!
Hello pop tarts I emailed off the final draft of my book on Thursday night. Apart from a bit of line editing, i do believe that it’s done. Of course, if the Powers That Be demand another draft, then I...
View ArticleA room with a view…
I managed not to update last week, mainly because I was buried under freelance commissions that had to be in for Monday morning. Being a writer is one of those jobs where inevitably you always have to...
View ArticleGive me the ability to rage correctly…
Sunny afternoon greetings, gentle readers But though the sun is shining (which makes a change round London town), I have dark clouds in my heart. Nothing too serious though I am incandescent with rage...
View ArticleResearch 101
Happy Sunday to you my little darlings It’s very soggy, chilled and grey here in London. I wish Spring would just hurry up and sprung already. As ever, thanks for all your comments, particularly about...
View ArticleA big, stinky ball of fear… or how to interview
I have a bit of time to kill this morning as I’m doing a celebrity interview, which has been put back by an hour and a half. As a lot of you know, when I’m not writing tawdry teen novels, I earn a...
View ArticleThe beast, it wakes!
Photo by Sandra Löv. Sayonora, sweetlings! I’m back! I have survived the the mammoth revisions of the grown-up book and can say no more about the experience because it’s too traumatising. I’ve also...
View ArticleThis is not a test…
Bonsoir mes amis I bring you news. Exciting news from London town. I have just finished the first draft of my next teen opus and it will be published in February of next year in the UK. It’s also...
View ArticleOn rewriting…
I’m tidying up my computer, deleting years worth of stuff from various old computers that I migrated. Qu’elle boring! But I did find this quote that I’d felt the need to copy and paste, which was just...
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