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Quick contest

  • Posted on January 20, 2009 at 10:25 am

I’d like to introduce you to the heroine of my next book. I don’t have her story yet, or even any ideas. (I have another book to finish first!) But when I saw this photo I immediately knew that she was going to be my next heroine.

So I thought I’d run a quick interim competition, for seven days only. (My January/February contest is still running on my website)

My question is this. Why is she wearing a hat? Could it even be a man’s hat. Is she going somewhere special? Is she looking straight at my hero and flirting? Does she already know him? Or do you have ideas of your own?

Go on – get your thinking caps on.

I’ll carefully consider all of your suggestions and whoever submits the idea I decide to incorporate into my next book you’ll receive a prize of your choice from any one of my back titles.

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Almost there

  • Posted on January 16, 2009 at 11:38 am
I didn’t wake up until nearly nine this morning so it was a slow start. The previous night I’d had little sleep for some unknown reason – probably the excitement of going to the cinema! Which is a rare treat. Or sitting there for three hours and getting cramps again in bed. (Marilyn – the lip pressure works sometimes but not always – not when it’s dire!!!)

So I’m busy writing now with only 5500 words to go. Here’s a reminder of what Vidal and Elena look like.

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Resolution

  • Posted on January 15, 2009 at 10:03 am

Oops! I haven’t blogged for two days so I’ve already broken my New Year’s resolution. At least I didn’t resolve to diet – even though I could do with losing a few pounds. My excuse – family visiting Tuesday, hairdressers and dentist yesterday – followed by a visit to the cinema to cheer me up as I’m having a tooth problem.

DH and I went to see Australia. I’d heard so much about it and I didn’t feel let down. I loved it. It had humour and gravity, sadness and drama, tragedy and romance. And of course Hugh Jackman. How could you not like a film with him in it? Not sure I liked him with a beard – but even so – that body!!

Now it’s back to the writing. Two chapters to go, eight thousand words. And two and a half weeks before my deadline. Not forgetting that this is the first draft. I shall need all that time to go through it with a fine toothcomb.

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Weekend

  • Posted on January 12, 2009 at 12:06 pm

Grandson Number One spent the weekend with us and how we treasure those moments. We keep thinking that any time now he’ll not want to come. He is after all thirteen and I’m sure he enjoys time with his mates much better than with his grandparents. So we count our blessings.

He’s such a joy to be with, he has a great sense of humour, inherited from my DH. They both delight in teasing me. It seems quiet today. DH has gone out so that I can get on with my writing but, like any Monday morning, it is refusing to flow.

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New Contest

  • Posted on January 9, 2009 at 9:56 am

A new year, a new competition!

If you want to bag a bargain email me the name of my hero in THE SANTORINI MARRIAGE BARGAIN – you’ll find the answer on my website.

I’ll be drawing the winner at the end of February and one lucky person will be able to pick her own bargain from THE BILLIONAIRE’S BLACKMAIL BARGAIN or THE ITALIAN’S RUTHLESS BABY BARGAIN. I’ll even throw in bookmark.

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