Okay, so it was going really well until my fit young personal trainer said these fateful words: ‘Don’t let your belly dome, Sue-’ Sorry? My what? In fact, I beg your pardon? Or, putting it another way- What did you just say? So, we’ve established that I don’t *do* exercise, in order to preserve my [...]

‘My Favourite Sings’? I refer, of course, to one of my favourite singers, the great Julie Andrews- these are the words I’m sure she would liked to have sung at Manhattan ‘s Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP- if it hadnt been a hoax!! Botox and nose drops and needles for [...]

Who could ever forget that fabulous lyric from a Disney film? Not me. I blame Disney for making fantasy so addictive. Actually, no, I don’t – I thank Disney from the bottom of my romantic heart! It is both a thrill, and rather terrifying to introduce my Christmas book for 2008 Wah! Christmas already??? Didn’t [...]

Huge thanks to my US readers who have sent my white-hot Desert King, Khal, to the top of the Borders/Waldenbook’s chart this week. And, rock on, Beth Tracey Torrance, my shop assistant heroine from Liverpool who tames him! Writing through the Olympics is taking all my sternest resolve. Huge congratulations to all the athletes, and [...]

It was quite a thrill to read that not only had Desert King appeared on the Waldenbook’s list in the US, but sold 1# for Mills & Boon in the month of June here in the UK. The article in the BBC magazine was actually a very interesting account of Mills & Boon through the [...]

Flying high in Waldenbooks charts today. I don’t normally notice such things and love all my books the same, but thank you to Katie from Chandler near Phoenix USA for pointing this out and taking the trouble to mail and let me know how much she enjoyed the book. Thank you so much, Katie. No [...]

Yep, I think you can say, conference was hectic, but fun Though, thankfully, we did find time to conduct a pretty comprehensive tour of the city, and it’s that I’m going to share with you this week… You’re never quite sure what you’re going to find on the streets of San Francisco Though at Pier [...]

I have been absent without leave, tending babies; a pleasure and a privilege- even at three in the morning! But here are a few photos that didn’t make it into my main conference report. First off, hanging on in time honoured fashion to the historic cable cars… Did I ever show you my menu for [...]

The best of times and the worst of times with one of my very best author friends, Sharon Kendrick Coming later… My day in Sausalito- and why it helps to have a fully trained nurse along Why? Because I am the clumsiest creature on earth- and despite tripping over a pavement in Sausalito and landing [...]