Dear All, Well, it's been a BIG month! For any of you who've not noticed, Kiss, Marry, Murder hit the shelves last week, and the build up to publication day was intense, exhilarating and just a little bit knackering! I like to think it's gone well - certainly I've really enjoyed getting back out intoContinue reading "JUNE!"
MAY!
Dear All, If you're UK-based, I hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather and wherever you are in the world, I hope that you receive this update. The downside of not having my own IT helpdesk is that I have to learn/apply/fix all the various bugs myself, and it appears that quite a lot ofContinue reading "MAY!"
Crime, Women and Comedy: an insight into writing humorous female-led fiction
Kiss, Marry, Murder is set in the leafy environs of Barnes in south-west London. I call it ‘urban cosy crime’, because while it borrows some of the tropes of a traditional murder mystery, it also flouts the rules occasionally with - gasp! - sexual exploits, bad language and not a pensioner-aged sleuth or village vicarContinue reading "Crime, Women and Comedy: an insight into writing humorous female-led fiction"
Cover reveal!
Hello to all my new subscribers as well as the existing ones and thank you for your support. I’m still working out the details of some of the subscriber content I’ll be offering to you over the next few months, but let’s start with the news that Kiss, Marry, Murder is now available for pre-orderContinue reading "Cover reveal!"
It’s been a moment…
Well. It all went very quiet for a while there. It's fair to say my writing life the past few years has been... tense. Erratic. Painful. Non-existent, on occasions. So it's difficult, to know where to start with the story. At the beginning, I suppose! When I won the Comedy Women in Print award inContinue reading "It’s been a moment…"
APRIL: FOOL
FOOL to think the winter was over! Sitting here today, I've seen sunshine, rain, hail, thunder and lightening while I work - talk about four seasons in a day, I think it was four seasons in an hour! There's not been much going on this month. I'm waiting for final edits from my agent toContinue reading "APRIL: FOOL"
March: The longest month
Anyone else just waiting for this month to end or is it just me? I am very definitely NOT a winter person, so this final slog towards spring always leaves me bad tempered and emotional and desperate for company while being fully, one hundred percent aware that I'm the person you least want to callContinue reading "March: The longest month"
February: Old friends, new friends, no friends
My feet have just about touched the ground again after four weeks of mayhem, starting with jetting off to Dubai for the wonderful Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature at the start of the month, which I was lucky enough to be invited to as a speaker and workshop facilitator. I don't think there is anyContinue reading "February: Old friends, new friends, no friends"
The subjectivity of comedy
Last week I made an off the cuff remark on Twitter about teenagers being worse than toddlers and it got more hits than almost anything else I’ve ever posted. Some people laughed in recognition, some mothers of toddlers were horrified at this window onto the future, some people told me off for stereotyping and oneContinue reading "The subjectivity of comedy"
A year! A WHOLE YEAR!
Where the hell did my publication year go? I can hardly believe it's a matter of days until it's over. It's been hard work. Super fun. Massive learning. I will admit, though, it's all a bit weird now any semblance of excitement is gone. Back to square one, only not square one... Sometimes I wonderContinue reading "A year! A WHOLE YEAR!"