MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS. Out in Hardback 17th March 2022.
Q: Did you always want to be a writer? A: No, it was something that sneaked up on me when I was in my late twenties. I certainly didn’t think of ever being a bona fide author, I just thought… Read More
Where did the idea come from to write this book?
What if one person’s story could change your life?
Some moments last a lifetime…
We all hide things, some more than others …
The beautiful city of Venice has been Lydia’s home for many years, a place where she has found peace and fulfilment. Then one day she glimpses a young man’s face in the crowd that threatens to change everything. He’s a heart-stopping reminder of a dreadful secret she believed she had banished to the past… As […]
In the heart of the Cheshire countryside, Cholmford Hall Mews, a converted 18th-century barn, is far more than an exclusive home to its new inhabitants…Read More
Harriet Swift thinks she has the perfect life – a satisfying career, her own flat and a new boyfriend who respects her need for her own space. But then her only sister is killed in a car crash…Read More
Torn between struggling to live up to the expectations of being a Modern Woman and ridding herself of the effect of a repressed upbringing, Izzy Jordan would be the first to admit that…Read More
With an insatiable appetite for other people’s business, Erica will readily strike up conversation with strangers in the hope of unearthing a useful gem for her writing. She finds it the best way to write authentic characters for her novels, although her two grown-up sons claim they will never recover from a childhood spent in a perpetual state of embarrassment at their mother’s compulsion.
No matter how much you love writing, there will always be days when you need inspiration from one muse or another. In fact, I would argue that inspiration is not just a desirable thing, it’s an integral part of the writing process. Every writer needs inspiration to produce inspired writing. And sometimes, it can come from the unlikeliest sources.
I know two kinds of writers: those who love nothing better than to hit the road to promote their latest novel, and those who tremble at the mere thought of it. I am in the latter group. Put simply, I’m terrified of public speaking. Even now as I type these words, I can feel a knot of anxiety tightening in the pit of my stomach.
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