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The Ancient Greek myths of Delos

A maze of dry, meandering paths led them across the island. On either side crumbling stone temples, toppled columns and the remains of statues told a story of the once-great […]

The serendipitous book discovery

A recent article in The Bookseller (a historic publication that follows developments in the British publishing landscape) explored the question ‘What is the book of the future?’ (https://www.thebookseller.com/futureb...). ‘Futurist’ Tom […]

Facing the sunshine: why I write romance, not crime

A story reported widely in the British press last week caught my eye: ‘Crime pays,’ read the headline in the Telegraph; ‘thrillers and detective novels now outsell all other fiction.’ […]

Taking inspiration from the Labyrinth of Greek mythology

‘Tell me about this house. It seems enormous, a real labyrinth…’ So says Oriel, the heroine of my new novel Aphrodite’s Tears, with regard to the big house on the […]

How important is originality in fiction?

‘There is nothing new under the sun.’ So goes the proverb derived from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Depending on your perspective, you may find this a comforting thought or a […]

A heroine with the passion (and fate?) of Antigone

For my latest novel, Aphrodite’s Tears, I took inspiration from the classic stories of Greek mythology. I grew up with these stories, told to me by my governess and my […]

The enduring wisdom of Jane Eyre

Recently, the editors at Bookish.com published an article compiling favourite romance novel heroines as chosen by romance authors (https://www.bookish.com/articles/favo...). The heroines in the list were from modern-era novels, with one […]

Falling in love: A choice to fly perilously close to the sun?

In my new novel, Aphrodite’s Tears, the heroine Oriel is struggling to maintain a professional distance from her new employer, Damian, with whom, years ago, she shared a single night […]

A heroine cursed by ‘Mati’ – the evil eye

In my new novel, Aphrodite’s Tears, the heroine Oriel has come to stay on the small Greek island of Helios in order to carry out archaeological work. The island is […]

‘She’ fell in love: On writing romance in the third person

One of the most fundamental choices a novelist faces before setting pen to paper is whether to narrate the book in the first or third person. Here is a paragraph […]