Looking back on a decade of change

Looking back on a decade of change

Happy New Year and Happy New Decade to all my readers The last decade has been a momentous one for me in so many ways – a period of dramatic change. I began 2010 living in London, working as a management consultant, working hard to recover from the impact of the...
Wild Honey in India – on Location with Kurinji Flowers

Wild Honey in India – on Location with Kurinji Flowers

This morning I was enjoying reading today’s story in the Discovering Diamonds December Story from a Song series  If you haven’t been reading these – a new story inspired by a song every day until the New Year – then do have a look. At the end of each story you’ll find...
At home with the Windsors

At home with the Windsors

Knowing that I was participating in NaNoWriMo for the fifth year in succession, I decided to get away for the last week of November in total isolation in order to have a last push on hitting those fifty thousand words. I love staying in Landmark Trust properties as...
Using hotels for key scenes in books

Using hotels for key scenes in books

Yesterday I posted on Facebook about the horrible fire at the Claremont Hotel on the seafront here in Eastbourne. You can see what’s left of it this morning from this image – courtesy of East Sussex Fire and Rescue. My post prompted a question from one of...
On Location for The Pearl of Penang

On Location for The Pearl of Penang

When I started to write The Pearl of Penang I was drawing to the end of my Round the World cruise and Penang was behind me. Once I was back in England I thought of returning there and began to make plans to do so. But after more than three months “writing...