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Cornish Smugglers and Derring-do – it’s Jamaica Inn!

Picture the scene – It’s Cornwall in the 1930s and two young women are out riding on Bodmin Moor when a fog comes down. They realise they are lost and every rock and gorse bush that appears from the swirling mist seems eerie. Eventually, in the distance, the women spot the lights of a remote […]

The Genius of Barbara Hepworth

The lady on the left is Barbara Hepworth, one of the most celebrated artists ever to grace the cobbled streets of St Ives. I can’t believe that in all the years we have been visiting Cornwall we haven’t called in to the wonderful Barbara Hepworth Museum before. Well we put that right last week and […]

Cats, Nuts and Some Fire in the Blood

This blog post isn’t about cats, but the trio above looked so adorable in this picture I thought you might like to meet them. Richio (pronounced Reeshio), the black and white one, and tabbies Yemi and Yumi can be pretty appealing when they are waiting for their supper, but don’t let that look of innocent […]

Promoting the Novel

Well, that’s the book finished, the editing has been done, and it’s now all in the hands of the lovely Wendy, my proofreader. It took her only minutes to discover a whole heap of formatting issues that I would never have spotted on my own. A mix of manual line breaks and paragraph marks A […]

And now for the editing bit …

This week I’m giving a sneak preview of the gorgeous cover for my soon to be published new Kindle novel, A Cornish Obsession. I love it, and I hope that you will. The artist who designs all my covers is absolutely brilliant, but I think he has excelled himself this time. Thank you, Craig. My […]

The Writing Process

This week’s post is part of a Blog Tour in which writers are posting about their writing process. I have to thank Facebook friend, Heather King, for nominating me. Heather is an author of traditional Regency romance and historical fiction. As Vandalia Black, she also writes paranormal romance, including vampires and shape shifters. She lives […]

It’s a Wonderful Life

After so many distractions over recent weeks, the pressure is on to finish my current WIP, which is the next in my Loveday Ross Cornish Mysteries Series. Well, that’s my excuse for being somewhat neglectful of this blog, and for not having prepared any new writerly post this week. Instead, I’m going to tell you […]

Writing the Series

The picture above has nothing to do with this post, I just never tire of lovely Cornish places. This gorgeous old harbour cottage nestles in one of those spectacular coves way down on the Lizard. I’ve been a very lazy blogger these past few weeks. Sorry folks!! I blame the weather (and maybe the fact […]

A Day in Lincoln

I’m well on my way to finishing my current WIP, which is a Christmas story in the Loveday Ross Cornish Mysteries’ series. By way of a little reward, hubby and I treated ourselves to a day out in the beautiful City of Lincoln. These are few of the things we enjoyed on the way. This […]

Keeping Track of Your Novel

I love my lists – shopping list, to do list, planting list for the garden. I even leave little messages to myself all over the house because if I didn’t do this then nothing would get done. I suppose you could say I am a compulsive organiser. I like to plan my novels too, so […]