Write Every Day!

I’m relieved to hear that my editor is pleased with the final revisions for The Apothecary’s Daughter and that it has now been sent off to the copy editor. Even more exciting is that I’ve had a sneaky preview of the cover for the hardback edition. It’s gorgeous! There will be a few small changes …

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Manuscript Revisions

After the years of struggling to find an agent, never mind a publisher, I still feel amazed disbelief that it has actually happened. It’s a very exciting time for me but also surprisingly scary and not always quite how I’d thought it would be. I’d imagined that a publisher would want me to make a …

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A Kindle for Christmas!

a Kindle for Christmas! There’s a great deal of controversy about whether or not e-books can replace a physical book.

Why an historical novel?

People sometimes ask me why I like to write historical novels. The answer is complicated because what really interests me is the human condition.