Writing is easy? Anyone who tells you that is being less than honest
But it is the best fun
When you’re not exhausted
I have been working like a red-haired freak (now, there’s a surprise) on the first 100 pages of my book – I seem to be averaging around one [...]

Today, as I do everyday, I remember Uncle Wallace, whose photograph in military uniform sits in my study.
Wallace was killed by shell fire when he was eighteen and I didn’t know him, but he is not forgotten. Wallace didn’t need to go to war as he had a ’safe’ job in a military hospital, [...]

Look out for a reprint of bad-boy Galem Brent in Dirty Weekend, in the April UK anthology, Bridegroom Bosses.
And… *sigh* – I love this cover –
A reprint of Bedded by the Desert King in February UK anthology Rescued By the Sheikh
(Rescued? Is that what they call it these days?)
(See the cartoon [...]

Yes, I think I know you ladies… This is how we like our food, yes?
Lamb and healthy stuff – yeh, yeh.
But then we have Ta Da!!! Choccie Mousse – and okay, so I did take a bite out of the biscuit before I took the shot – Would you have resisted? [...]

Goat’s cheese in filo with smoked duck and salad…
Actually, this is so easy you don’t have to go to a restaurant in the wilds of the French countryside to enjoy it – Cut a square of filo and plonk your soft goat’s cheese inside – draw up the pastry and brush with melted butter [...]

But now I’m back – and frantically trying to catch up with everything.
I am so pleased to be home – though have had the most wonderful back to back trips, first to Spain and then to France.
France – I could wax lyrical all day – bread – croissants – home-made jams [...]