Sunshine

Hurrah, the sun came out for five minutes this morning, so I rushed outside and took a photograph of my garden, just so that I could be sure summer happened this year. Well, sort of happened...

Creative Writing Course - Exeter

Sophie King, published novelist, journalist and author of many short stories for magazines, is offering a course in creative writing at the Exeter Phoenix Centre in September. Sophie's approach to teaching is down to earth, friendly and accessible. She's a very experienced tutor and a successful writer herself, so she knows what she's talking about!

To book a place on Sophie's course, ring either 07810 480995, or the box office at the Phoenix, on 01392 667080

Winter again

Hmm, looked out of my bedroom window this morning to see summer has packed its bags and gone to Tahiti, and winter has returned in the form of pouring rain and howling gales. My tomato plants look distinctly hacked off.

I blame the people who bought sundresses and sparkly sandals last week. You know who you are!

But the wintry conditions in Exeter meant I had a good excuse to meet up with my writing friends Linda Mitchelmore and Sophie King for a warming lunch and gossip in Strada. So mustn't grumble, eh?

Gorgeous June and Gorgeous Vampires

Where is summer, then? It's not doing very well so far, is it? I live at the seaside, and I needed a padded jacket and winter boots on the beach today.

Today, I asked an editor if the Vampire Craze was over, and she said NO!!! She said she was desperate for a paranormal novel which would take the genre to the next level, wherever that might be.

So, unlike June, vampires and werewolves, or their next generation incarnations anyway, are still hot, hot, hot.

June Book of the Month

If you love a delicious romantic read with a sharp twist of real-life lemon, All That Mullarkey is the novel for you. Set in the present day, in which real women spend a lot of their time juggling their lives, this story doesn't make light of the problems and difficulties that many of us face. Bad marriage, no marriage, commitment phobia, control freakery - they're all here in a great story that races along, and offers the most satisying but certainly not saccharine of endings.

You can find out more about Sue if you visit her blog at suemoorcroft.wordpress.com/, and you can also find out how a really pro-active author goes about promoting her work - attagirl, Sue! You're an inspiration to us all!

Love in Milton Keynes

If you write romantic fiction, and you live in or know anything about Milton Keynes, this competition might interest you! See link at www.amazing-mk.co.uk/home/romance and get romancing!

Happy Day

Paperback deal for novel The Silver Locket confirmed - it's in the trade press, so it must be true!

See www.booktrade.info/i.php/27468

The novel is on Amazon's UK site for pre-order now, at tinyurl.com/376s7l8