Signing today!

At Barnes and Noble bookstore in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Starting a noon - if you're in the vicinity, hope to meet you there.

Barnes and Noble - Bridgewater, New Jersey

I'll be signing there tomorrow, 12 noon until 2 pm.

Signing books at Barnes and Noble

I'm excited to be doing my first US book store signing. Thanks to my cousin, Bernice, I will be signing copies of both my romantic suspense novels at Barnes and Noble in Bridgewater, New Jersey this Saturday, from noon until 2 pm. If you are in New Jersey and would like to try British romantic suspense, or would just like to say hello, please come along.

Book Signing

STOP PRESS!

I will be signing copies of Never Coming Home and Out of Sight Out of Mind at Barnes and Noble Bridgewater New Jersey on Saturday. If you just happen to be anwhere in the vicinity, please come and say hello.

And buy a book?

When a Writer takes a walk ...

Whenever anyone asks me about my typical writing day - or my perfect writing day - my answers always have one thing in common - a walk by the sea. I don't actually get to walk as often as I'd like, but when I do, the Coastal Path always beckons. As you can see ...

RT Book Lovers Convention

The convention starts today in Kansas City and I will be there, with a team of my fellow Choc Lit authors - lots of panels, quizzes, Q&A sessions - and, of course, the PARTIES. It will be fun, I know it will.

Great to be going as an RT Book Review Reviewers' Choice nominee, for Never Coming Home. and with Out of Sight Out of Mind getting a 4 star review in the latest edition.

If you're around in Kansas City I'll see you there. The Choc-lit authors will be signing at the Grand Book fair on Saturday 4th May and putting on an event that day too. With Chocolate!

Books - and more books.

The week before last I made my first visit to the London Book Fair.
Why?
1)I was curious.
2) My publishers, Choc Lit, would be there.
3) I knew that a number of friends would be there too.

So I treated myself to a short trip to London and spent Monday at the Fair. I enjoyed it - as I said, I was curious, and it was in the nature of a fact finding mission - I had no particular plans of what to do or see.

Overall impressions? That there are an awful lot of books out there - so many stands, each with a colourful display. It was fun to find that many of those dedicated to romance were being staffed by friends. I got used to being hailed as I wandered along, gawping. I was disappointed that I couldn't find one presenting books from Wales, as Scotland and Ireland were attractively represented. I didn't find any Welsh publishers, either, among the displays, or on the lists of exhibitors. If they were there I missed them, although Aberystwyth University had a presence and were very busy at Literature Without Frontiers. It was exciting to see best sellers from people I know featuring on the revolving photo displays on the biggest stands. Trisha Ashley's Good Husband Material  looked particularly pretty as it hove periodically into view. I picked up a small amount of swag - mostly pens. I failed to get into any of the seminars in the Authors' Lounge, which looked to be heavily over subscribed. And, of course I admired the Choc Lit presentation, especially as there were two book of mine on display. Also chocolate truffles from House of Dorchester. I had lunch with my publisher and fellow authors and chatted to all sorts of interesting people. It was fun, and I shall definitely go again. Now that I know what is on offer I'll organise myself a little more next time, to take advantage of the chance to listen to speakers and maybe imitate the real movers and shakers and arrange appointments with a few influential people - although at this stage who they might be I have no idea!

The next day it was books in a different kind of display. The British Library's small but beautifully curated and researched A to Z of crime writing. Some interesting and memory provoking choices, from the Golden Age to the Mean Streets. It seems that the idea of a celebrity penning a novel is not as new as you might think. I certainly didn't know that the footballer Pele had his name on a crime novel! I also discovered Ronald Knox's Decalogue - ten golden rules for writing crime, which were prominently displayed. I've broken at least two and a half of them.

I also managed to take a few more pictures for the location tour for Out of Sight Out of Mind. And a whole cache of research material, in and around Trafalgar Square, for the (maybe) new book. Having looked at the site, I'm going to have to re-model the perimeter of the Square quite a bit. D'you think anyone will mind?