Getting 'The Call'
I've wanted to make this post for so long, but finally I can say .... I got 'The Call' I am now a Harlequin Mills and Boon author!It's a moment I've dreamt of for many years and one I've worked hard towards too, stubbornly never giving up.I received revision for my So You Think You Can Write entry just before Christmas and submitted...
The Final Three
After what seemed like weeks living off the adrenalin of So You Think You Can Write, the winner was announced this week. I'd waited by the phone - just in case. I'd be a liar if I didn't admit to that!The winner was Tanya Wright with her entry, If Only and I think it might be a good idea to grab a box of tissues before clicking on this link!As for...
Brainstorming Weekend
On the first day of November I left for a weekend of writing with two writing friends. We have found a lovely holiday cottage in the heart of the Welsh countryside. Once we'd arrived and stocked up the cupboards with delicious food and of course bottles of wine, we lit the fire and got started. We read over our work in progress and...
Shattering the Silence
Have you ever had to keep a secret you were just bursting to shout about? It's hard, let me tell you.At the beginning of last week I got a telephone call to say that my entry into So You Think You Can Write competition had been selected as a Top 10 finalist. I was just about stunned into silence at that point, but to be told to keep it a secret...
TOP 50!!!
Last month, on the second day of the So You Think You Can Write competition I submitted my entry Behind the Scandalous Façade. I then watched as each day more and more entries went up on the site. The number must have been around 650 when the deadline came around. Could my chapter catch an editors eye? I certainly hoped it would, but with...