Margaret Mayo Romance Author

Have you ever been totally busy and then cannot think what you have done that has taken up all of your time? Well, the last few days have been like that for me. I’ve either been out dining with friends, giving a dinner party for another friend for her birthday, finishing off the curtains in the bedroom, or trying to find time to write. The bedroom’s finished now and very nice it looks too. The first three chapters of my revised book have made their way to my editor, so it’s fingers crossed while I wait to hear. I’ve finished a painting I’ve been working on for ages and prepared the background for another one which is to be a birthday present for a relative. So I’m finally feeling on top of things. The sun’s shining as well today so that’s a bonus. How has your last week been?

My hero and heroine finally have names. My gorgeous hero is now known as Rafe. I just kept looking at him pinned up on my wall and one day he told me his name.

And my heroine (aka Keira Knightley) is no longer Eve. She is Holly. I have a beautiful photograph of her that I tore out of a magazine. I think it was taken at the recent awards because she has her hair short.

They look a perfect couple.

I spent all day yesterday shortening the new curtains for our bedroom. Correction! I shortened one pair. (There are two windows in the room). Thinking it would save time I’d bought ready-made curtains – in the past I’ve always made them myself. They weren’t cheap, they had a designer label on them, but believe me they were not well made. The hems were wavy, and one curtain was over an inch longer than the other – which I didn’t discover until I compared them after cutting the same amount off each and finding they weren’t the same length.

I still have the other pair to do. And I don’t plan to interrupt my writing time with sewing, so they might have to wait until next weekend. Except that they’re still sitting on the dining room table – waiting!!! Looking at me!!! Telling me to get on with them!!!

I don’t care. I’m in an Italian restaurant with my hero and heroine at the moment. It’s far more enjoyable.