Updates, Books and Prizes!

It’s been a little bit quiet here on the blog over the past 10 days. In fact it’s been quieter than I had intended it to be! My book deadline was brought forward and I have been writing frantically to meet it. Now I have pressed send and the manuscript winging its way to my editor so I have space in my head for other things again – and also time to catch up on jobs like the washing, the ironing, and everything else that gets neglected when I’m on a deadline. (Husband? Dog? It’s lucky they have each other!)

Normally when I write it isn’t so intense. There may be hours or even days when I am so involved in the story that I forget the time or even what day of the week it is. Most of the time though it’s a question of meeting my word count and trying not to get distracted by the internet. Some books are a dream to write. Others are made up of words dragged out of the treacle swamp. But there is something different about those last few days as I race to meet a deadline. I dream about the book or lie awake thinking about it at night. The characters and their conflict consume me.  I simultaneously can’t wait to finish and don’t want to finish. And finally I stagger out looking wrecked and slightly mad. I’m sure I’m not the only writer who does this. I’m hoping it’s not just me.

So now it’s on to announcements and I’m happy to report that Heather, Victoria, Joanne and Denise are the winners of the February and March website contests (yes, I am that far behind!) Congratulations to them and thank you to everyone who entered the contests. You may already have checked out the new contest this month. I think it’s another really nice one, to win a china mug fit for a Queen (it has crowns on it!), a set of Jane Austen themed stamps and one of my backlist books. You can enter the contest here.

Last but not least, tomorrow sees the publication of the UK edition of Forbidden (hurrah!) and an exciting announcement and a giveaway so please check back tomorrow or over the weekend! Have a good day!

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