Writing buddies a.k.a. critique partners

With my writing buddy Denise at the RNA Conference

Update (April 2018) at the end

I enjoyed a ‘writerly’ evening with another novel writer, Denise Barnes who is also preparing her first fiction work. She’s already published a non-fiction book which can be seen at her site.

We swap hints and tips, recommend […]

The importance of feedback

In January, I was accepted on the New Writers’ Scheme of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. I feel honoured to be in the company of proper published authors whose members have sold aeons of books. I’ve found it a friendly, inclusive group whose members do not differentiate between published and newbies. On the contrary, they are […]

What a day to start – it’s World Book Day!

Here starteth my blog…

I’m a newbie novel writer. I’ve been a translator for many years and have had articles on translation, business and French property published plus I’ve written an academic thesis for which they gave me a distinction 🙂

I currently write a French property blog at http://ltps-fr.blogspot.com/ which seems to please a […]