Whaddya mean, bad hair day? Okay, so it didn’t start that well! People want to see you my DIL insists. Don’t be bleep bleep silly, I reply. What would you rather see – the view, or a dishevelled writer posing by a wall? Simple, innit? A nice spot – a very nice spot, to have [...]

I can never stay away from the Mediterranean for long… And who can wonder I have searched high and low for a selection of heroes and their boats from which you are free to take your pick… I was orgasmic with delight when I spotted this yacht – It is exactly the yacht I imagined [...]

Simple pleasures? Always the best, especially when the sun is shining… Flying high… And there were plenty of other activities to keep everyone in the family amused – Next year… Whereas I always like to amuse my family – Where did you get that hat? My house I wish! This is the fabulous Harewood House [...]

Snapped this late Spring flower in the garden this morning – where it’s cool and fresh right now, but promises to be blazing hot later today – Dicentra, or Elephant’s Ears as it is popularly known thanks to the big fat leaves – such a blaze of colour and happiness – I love them and [...]

Life catches up and squeezes hard, doesn’t it? But I always always make time for friends. A snap trip to see Carmen at the O2 was worth every moment away from my desk – here’s the incredible arena before it fills up We had a marvellous meal at the Groucho Grill and a great trip [...]

Weird coincidences – such a big part of life – translate with care into fiction – the reader is already suspending disbelief – What made me think of that? I always find May a difficult month – my mother’s birthday is on Friday and I still miss her as much as I ever did – [...]

Don’t give your protagonists what they want too soon – Sounds so obvious, doesn’t it? Until you’re doing it! But don’t loose that scene/those scenes – open a new document and save them. I’ve never used those saved scenes yet, but there’s always a first time Have a good one, ladies Sxx

May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you’re dead, goes the old saying – Watched the film by the same name last night – bizarre scene shuffle/flashes back goes/go on to remind us of/illuminate us as to why the characters act as they do – rather like one of my [...]

(note the sunny, summer face, as opposed to the winter scowl!) Just a tiny tweak to my updates,which I thought you should know – and all my fault /-: My web mistress can only work with the material I give her. Ack! Who would want that job? A million thank you’s, Holly! The new title [...]