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On Location: #4 Côte d’Azur/The French Riviera

I won’t get into why France is so significant to me (another time), but at a guess, I’ve been there 100-150 times.  I’ve visited most parts of the country, but it’s the Provence-Côte d’Azur Region in the South-eastern corner that pulls me back the most often.   I recently spent a week with my family in … Continue reading »

Lucky 7 – Seven Lines from New Works

I returned from my lovely trip to the South of France to find I’d been tagged by Jane Rusbridge in the Lucky 7 – Seven Lines from New Works.  Here are the rules if you’re not familiar with it: Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript · Go to line 7 · … Continue reading »

From End to Beginning – How it feels to finish my first novel

18 people are currently reading my novel Nothing Happens for a Reason.  Big deal, you may say.  Well, it is to me.  Last week, after two years, two trips to New York, 33 writers’ workshop sessions, 30 chapters, and 107,000 words (and probably just as many discarded along the way), four drafts and a final … Continue reading »