Read Around the Rainbow: Romancing the Romance Author

27 Jan 202326 Jan 2023

I was a bit dubious about this topic when it was first suggested, because in spite of the fact that I write romance, I’m not the most romantic of people…

Read Around the Rainbow: Writing Plan 2023

2 Jan 2023

First of all, happy new year! I hope it's a good one (better one?) for all of you. Secondly, apologies. This blog post was supposed to go live several days…

Read Around the Rainbow: Music, the Food of Love?

29 Jul 202229 Jul 2022

It’s time for the monthly Read Around the Rainbow post again and this month it’s all about music. More specifically, whether we write to it, whether we have playlists for…

Read Around the Rainbow: Setting Books where you Live

24 Jun 202224 Jun 2022

I chose the topic for this month’s webring blogpost, but oddly I tend not to set books in the place I currently live. I’m not sure why that is, but…

Read around the Rainbow: Characters at High School

27 May 202227 May 2022

I hold my hands up this month - Real Life TM has intervened and I haven't had a chance to write anything myself on this topic. I think I would…

Read around the Rainbow: my dream writing space

25 Mar 202225 Mar 2022

I guess anyone who writes, or dreams of writing, has their dream writing space too. Partly, I blame movies and TV dramas for that. All those glossy shots of writers…

Read around the Rainbow

13 Mar 202213 Mar 2022

The sharp-eyed amongst you might have spotted a snazzy new graphic in my sidebar with lots of purple and rainbows, and the helpful text 'Read Around the Rainbow', plus 'previous',…