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Familiar or unfamiliar settings?

Do you like to read novels set in a familiar or a foreign—by which I mean unfamiliar in time and space to you—location? A long time ago, I overhead someone say they loved Peter Corris’s crime novels because they were set in the city where the reader lived. That reader knew the streets, the spacesContinue reading “Familiar or unfamiliar settings?”

Writing the little black dress

Do a web search for “little black dress” and you’ll discover that fashion historians credit Coco Chanel for this 1920s design. It’s a clothing item that’s so well known it’s often referred to as “LBD”. The LBD is intended to be long-lasting, versatile, affordable, and widely accessible symbolising class, business, elegance, and sexiness. I’ll have whatContinue reading “Writing the little black dress”

Masquerade—giving birth to an elephant

When I spotted this artwork (see website), I immediately thought of my book Masquerade—Choosing Family Book 1. Preorders now available. It’ll drop into your mailbox on 5 March. I liken getting Masquerade from idea to publication as giving birth to an elephant. Elephants have one of the longest gestation periods of all living mammals—nearly twoContinue reading “Masquerade—giving birth to an elephant”

What’s new for me in 2024

You can begin a new year, a new job, a new relationship, a new book or even a new sentence. There can be joy and terror in beginnings, all those tangled emotions of anticipation, excitement, stomach churning nervousness and then … an anticlimax. Or your new beginning can be the best thing that’s ever happened to you.Continue reading “What’s new for me in 2024”