What can I say about my own most recent novel? I loved writing it and the hero, Mike Argent, is now my favorite grumpy construction worker. I first entertained the idea of writing a novel set during the Fringe when I was part of a small group of Welsh theater folk performing a Jeeves and […]
New Release: January 29, 2015
I am proud to announce the publication of my fourth novel, This Can’t Be Love, set in Edinburgh during the summer Fringe Festival. What happens in Edinburgh, stays in Edinburgh — if Mike Argent has anything to say about it. Not every woman drops into Mike Argent’s life the way Jakki Hunter has, at his […]
Among Friends – Repost
Shortly after Avalon Books published my debut novel, the sale of Avalon to Amazon’s imprints was announced and finalized. This was my short farewell to my editor, Lia Brown. For most of us, losing an editor is one trauma we don’t anticipate. In my case, I found an editor and a publisher in one year and […]
Meet Avalon Author Leigh Verrill-Rhys by Rebecca L. Boschee – Repost
This post first appeared two months after my debut novel debuted in April 2012. I hope you don’t mind that I’m including the interview that my colleague, Rebecca L. Boschee, did for the Avalon Authors Blog. I haven’t changed a word! June 20, 2012 Today we’re talking to Avalon author Leigh Verrill-Rhys about her novel […]
Men in Uniform – Repost
This article appeared a few weeks before Wait a Lonely Lifetime, my debut novel, hit the libraries and online booksellers. Amazon Publishing had already purchased Avalon and my career as a published author was already on shaky ground. March 23, 2012 The forthcoming publication of my debut novel, Wait a Lonely Lifetime, with Avalon Books calls […]
Title Search – Repost
This repost contains some music links to artists and songs that were inspirational to me for some personal, as well as professional, reasons. Again, this was part of the promotion I did for my debut novel. February 23, 2012 Forget blurbs. Forget synopses. Forget even writing a novel or composing the jacket cover biography. The […]
A Few of My Favorite (Seasonal) Things – Repost
This article listed some of my favorite films and stories at Christmas. In it I’ve mentioned Dylan Thomas’s story, A Child Christmas in Wales. This year, if you’re in San Francisco, on December 10th 2014 or Livermore, CA on December 14th, you can hear this delightful story read at Merced Public Library (near Stonestown, SF) or […]
Prologue & Epilogue: To Write or Not to Write – Repost
From my article for Avalon Authors, on August 23, 2011 I picked up a few books this summer to read on flights, hotel rooms and just to take my mind off hassles at the end of a work day. Four of the five had prologues. I learned my lesson with this particular writing convenience a […]
How to Handle A Romance Writer – Repost
Three weeks after the Romance Writers of America National Conference in New York, I wrote this article for Avalon Authors, July 23, 2011 The romance genre in commercial, popular fiction has been attracting considerable criticism in recent months. Most of that has been directed at the more risqué end of the romance spectrum but the […]
Concept to Contract – Repost
Below is my first article on Avalon Authors on May 23, 2011. Avalon is no more and some of us are forming a new group blog at Classic & Cosy. I hope you will join us there. These are my blogs for the original Avalon Authors group blog. Over the next few months, any article title […]