A celebration lunch

To celebrate the publication of The Dressmaker’s Secret my editor at Piatkus, Dominic Wakeford, invited me to a celebration lunch together with my agent, Heather Holden-Brown.

A writers’ lunch

Fellow authors Carol McGrath, Barbara Alderton, Liz Harris and I met at the Deddington Arms near Oxford for lunch and lots of writerly gossip.

My Big Fat Greek Writing Retreat!

The most exciting aspect of a writing retreat for me is the meeting of like minds. A writer’s life is frequently spent in solitary confinement, hunched over a laptop, but the conversations engendered when two or three writers are together can inspire you for months.