Margaret Mayo Romance Author

I’ve had two deliveries of books this morning. My new book A NIGHT WITH CONSEQUENCES (May 2011 in the UK) – both the hardback and the paperback copies. Usually I get the hardback first so it’s exciting to see them both together. They smell nice, they look nice, and they sure are going to look nice on my shelves.

In the other parcel was a Japanese edition of MARRIED AGAIN TO THE MILLIONAIRE. I’ll put the cover up on Friday – it’s very beautiful. I feel so sad that a beautiful cover has come at such a time when so much tragedy is happening over there.

I’m being good, this week I’ve started using my treadmill again. I was feeling lethargic and heavy after the winter and eating all the wrong kinds of food. The weight I’d lost last year was creeping back on so I decided to do something about it. Even after only two days I’m feeling revitalised. And surely it must help my brain – get the creative juices flowing faster?

The treadmill is in my study so I’m keeping it plugged in ready for action, no excuse then. At the moment I’m doing ten minutes after my morning’s writing session, and then ten again when I finish for the day. The plan is to increase it to fifteen minutes each time. A half hour of exercise per day for five days a week is our government’s recommended exercise plan. I wonder if I’ll ever manage half an hour all in one go?

How many of you have started exercising again after the winter? Or have you not been a couch potato like me?

We’ve finally finished decorating our bedroom. I’m not sure whether my DH was unhappyor not when I didn’t like the first coat of paint he put on. It was so much paler than I had expected. But, bless him, he didn’t complain and once I’d chosen another colour he brushed that on the walls and now I’m happy – except that it looks a bit pinker than I’d thought – but I daren’t say anything more. And it’s growing on me. We’re back in the room and all I need now is new curtains – it’s proving a bit tricky to find a coordinating colour. At least we have blinds, so there’s no rush.

And as this blog’s supposed to be about writing I have to tell you that I’ve started again on my latest book. It wasn’t working out as I expected – but now I have a clearer idea where I’m going so it should all be plain sailing from now on. And I won’t have the disruption of choosing paints and colours – only curtains!