Last Wednesday I went to Zürich, the largest city in Switzerland, to meet up with Christa Polkinhorn, a Swiss-American writer who’s over from sunny California for the winter. We went to an extremely lush coffee shop near the river and … Continue reading
The wood behind my flat has seen big changes in the past couple of weeks. I didn’t include a woodland photo last week as we had so many lovely Yorkshire pics in Helen Pollard’s guest post, but we’ll have a … Continue reading
Today’s post takes us to lovely Yorkshire, where I’ve spent many holidays visiting friends and family. So when I met ‘Yorkshire lass’ Helen Pollard on Twitter a few months ago, we hit it off straightaway. Helen writes contemporary romance novels, … Continue reading
The building site along the road is busy – and noisy – these days. They’re pushing hard to get the roof on before winter, so for six days a week we have banging and hammering in the background. Not to … Continue reading
My woods are foggy today, and a family of crows has taken to hanging around cawing just opposite my flat. It’s very atmospheric, especially when you consider the collective term – a murder of crows… I wonder what they’re plotting? … Continue reading
If I had ten franks for every moving-house decision I’ve made in the past two and a bit years I could retire tomorrow and go and live on a lovely tropical island and write books and watch the sun go … Continue reading
It’s a murky autumn day here in N.E. Switzerland – the leaves are falling and we can see Lake Constance from the flat again. (That’s it around the middle of the photo.) Ours is the second largest lake in the … Continue reading
This week saw two very different ‘anniversaries’ in my flat in north-east Switzerland. The first, and arguably the more important, was the 10-week birthday of The Attic Room, my first venture into self-publishing. When I released it I reckoned I’d … Continue reading
Can you spell your name in books? This is a fun blog game I came across last week, when I was catching up with things after my break in Scotland. It had me wandering round my bookcases looking for titles …
A week isn’t a long time when you want to cram in family stuff, visiting friends, and book events – not to mention shopping in lovely UK shops. Highlight number one was meeting my brand new great-nephew, who was obliging … Continue reading