Great to see One-Night Baby back on the shelves in this new anthology – I loved writing this book – but then I love Rome – love Italian heroes – love all the ingredients that go into creating a young girl who must come up against a sexy tough guy and find his hidden heart. [...]

Cactus looking like exotic puddings – A dizzying display of primulas And of course, the winning garden Off to cook supper now… Vegetable soup, anyone? Have just learned the title of my January 2011 time-slip book for Mills & Boon Modern – it uses half my suggestion – I’ll let you judge which half when [...]

Sue’s part-time job… Breakfast in the President’s tent at Harrogate Flower show makes a really early start to the show possible And boy is it worth it… Wishing you all a fabulous weekend. Sxx

Oh, well, if we must… Radio 2 has the coolest music – just an observation. I know certain people who listen to it and then switch to a commercial station when their friends get in the car… Oh, I’m enjoying my writing so much – it’s like the biggest high ever when it’s going right [...]

Not really – Work, work, work. Good for the sole ha ha! Okay, so I have to do better than that to keep you reading. Stay tuned for news about the fabulous Grace Kelly exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, which I will shortly be visiting – Fondly known as the V [...]

Home and – well, if not exactly dry, then at least celebrating… Just heard that my time-slip book set in the Sixties has sold and will enter the lists in January 2011 – A New Year baby. No better way to start the New Year. The thrill never diminishes – and so I celebrated – [...]

We’re all photo freaks in this family, as I’m sure you will have gathered by now! All trying to out do the other – and I have to say, this shot isn’t bad. And writing? I launched into my book hardly knowing where it would take me – nowhere fast to begin with, tbh, but [...]

Good to know they took my warning to stay safe to heart /-: Sxx who is sitting in front of screen with bright red/still infected and madly itching eyes – relieved she can touch type, but wondering if she should be here at all…

Ten days and nine long nights of childcare duties are officially over – And yes, of course I miss them already, but boy am I glad I can hand them back – and if that sounds harsh – have you ever known me to sugar-coat the truth? I cannot wait to get back to writing [...]

Is one crew member tearing his hair out already? These sails are pesky things! How do I feel as a Mum/Mom of one of the participants – proud, excited, and, truthfully, scared out of my skin. In the words of the inspirational founder of the Clipper organisation, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston… I often say that while [...]