Keep Dancing, Keep Writing, and Enter to Win - my writing week


This week I've continued editing my fifth cosy crime novel. It's a slow and careful process unpicking what doesn't work and strengthening the parts that do.  It'll be ready in a few more weeks after more careful picking and knitting it back together.

There's a new competition this week to win a signed copy of Murder at the Seaview Hotel and a box of Milk Tray. Enter here.

My August newsletter was sent out. It has a new competition, a 99p offer and a cover reveal. Read it all here.


Also this week I popped into The Crafty Gift Shop in Chester-le-Street. It's the only shop in the town that sells books. If you're in the area, do call in and support a wonderful local business.


This month my Scarborough cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel is just 99p. Download it here.


And as I get excited about this year's Strictly Come Dancing - my favourite TV show - here's a preview of my next cosy crime to be published later this year!  Pre-order it here.


My cosy crime about obsessive crazy golfers, Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel, is now available in Italian and what a gorgeous cover they have designed.  You can order it here, ciao!


I took a day away from my work this week to visit Eden Camp, a prisoner of war camp in Yorkshire. It was a sobering experience but well worth a visit and I highly recommend it.


And finally this week, spotted on the romance sagas table at Waterstones Newcastle, my toffee factory girls front and centre. What a joy.


I crafted another episode of my weekly soap opera Riverside for The People's Friend magazine. I've been writing Riverside weekly since 2016 and you can find out all about it here.


I also kept the Coronation Street Blog ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers. 


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