authors · books · romance

A magical fairy tale for the Christmas holidays by author @Gemma_Juliana

It’s a great pleasure to welcome author Gemma Juliana today. Gemma is the inspiration and guiding light of the World Romance Writers group. Their latest release – Holiday Magic – is a collection of uplifting and heartwarming stories that are absolutely perfect to delve into over Christmas. Gemma is here today to talk about her own story in…… Continue reading A magical fairy tale for the Christmas holidays by author @Gemma_Juliana

Christmas · recipes · romance

Author Helen Pollard’s #recipe for Christmas oat cookies, and a sweet romance

For the past few weeks I’ve been running a series of posts featuring authors’ favourite holiday recipes…and I can’t believe this is now my last author recipe before Christmas Day! During the course of this run of posts I’ve sometimes had to “translate” ingredients as we don’t always use the same terminology around the world,…… Continue reading Author Helen Pollard’s #recipe for Christmas oat cookies, and a sweet romance

author interview · novels · romance

Good to meet you…author Helen Pollard

Today I’m introducing an author I’ve met in real life. In fact, Helen Pollard and I met up again just last Saturday, along with a lovely group of authors who all live in t’north of England, and a fabulous time we had, talking about writing and all things romance. Helen’s a lovely person to be…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Helen Pollard

novels · romance · round robin · Uncategorized

How romance novels have changed in the past ten years; plus, is there still a place for “sweet romance”?

So, it’s getting on for the end of May and time for another Round Robin. This month we have two topics, both equally interesting. First up is: How have romance novels changed in the past ten years? My answer to that is: choice. There’s been lots written about the changes in publishing in the past…… Continue reading How romance novels have changed in the past ten years; plus, is there still a place for “sweet romance”?

author interview · authors · romance

Good to meet you…author Mickie Sherwood

It’s a pleasure to welcome Mickie Sherwood on this warm sunny day. I’ve got ice cream and iced pop to cool us down, and I’m hoping the rain holds off long enough for us to stay outside. Thanks for coming, Mickie! Helena, I do appreciate the opportunity to share something about myself, and my sweet…… Continue reading Good to meet you…author Mickie Sherwood