Castles, International Women and Fru Fru - My Writing Week


This week I've been making good progress writing my next historical saga, The Bakery Girls. It's taking a lot out of me, and will do until I finish the first draft, but I'm loving the heroine, Rose and what I'm putting the poor girl through!

This week I travelled to Lumley Castle in County Durham for a meeting about the talk I'm giving there on March 22. It's now SOLD OUT but there's a second date added for Sunday June 28.  To book your tickets, have a look here at the castle website, under Events then Talks and Teas.
And this is the gorgeous room I'll be speaking in.


This week was International Womens' Day and I was delighted to be chosen by Sunderland Mind as their No. 1 favourite Sunderland author. How wonderful is that?


I was included in The Sunderland Echo's list of women who've made their mark, on International Women's Day too.  Read the full list here.


And I'm going to be at the wonderfully named Fru Fru & Friends shop in Grangetown, Sunderland on the day before Mother's Day for a book signing. Come along if you can.


Also this week a reader sent me a picture of a bookcase with one of my books on it. Not just any bookcase, it's the one inside a counselling service in Sunderland, that I have used in the past too.  Seeing my books shared second-hand puts a huge smile on my face. 


And here are my books on display in Felling volunteer library where they've made me author of the month!


I crafted another episode of my weekly soap opera Riverside for The People's Friend magazine. I've been writing Riverside weekly since 2016.


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