My editor at Avalon Books has just told me that Wait a Lonely Lifetime will be published two months earlier than originally scheduled. Avalon Books releases 60 titles a year, the majority of which are romance novels. Wait a Lonely Lifetime will be in the April releases so I’ll be editing/proofreading the book early in […]
What Fiction Can Do For Us
While at the RWA National Conference in New York at the end of June, I attended a media training workshop. The workshop concentrated on  preparing yourself for interviews – particularly hostile interviews. The questions running through my head were: “Why do we have to defend our writing like this? Why is Romance under constant attack?” […]
More about Wait a Lonely Lifetime
Nurturing Pomegranate II
Between growing, nurturing and pruning pomegranate, this plant and I have had a turbulent 15 months. At the height of spring, I held my breath when no signs of green appeared. All the rest of the garden was blooming. I am rarely hasty with my decisions to abandon the potential of success so I let […]
My First Post for Avalon Authors
Today is my first opportunity to write for the Avalon Authors Blog. This will be a monthly contribution until the publication of my first novel for Avalon Books, Wait a Lonely Lifetime.
Guest Blogging: 28 April 2011
I’ll be a guest at Four Foxes One Hound this coming Thursday, writing about how Wait a Lonely Lifetime developed from an idea to a soon-to-be-published novel. http://fourfoxesonehound.wordpress.com
Wait a Lonely Lifetime: A Novel
My novel, Wait a Lonely Lifetime, is set in Firenze and San Francisco. “…a terrific romance.” At the end of this month, I will be a guest at Four Foxes One Hound and blogging about the process of ideas: what happens next? So many inspirations, so much time. This book grew from ideas over a […]
Reflected Glory? Not!
A New York-based publisher (nameless for now) has offered me a contract for my novel, Wait a Lonely Lifetime. This news is now 48 hours old. Where have I been? What have I been doing? How am I taking this so much in my stride? This is a life-long dream come true and it feels […]