Look what I got! They've finally arrived...hardback and paperback copies of Zuzu ! Naturally I get them early. Come on - it's the ...

While I am twiddling my thumbs, waiting for the fun to start (i.e. my paperback launch on July 3rd at Scarthin Books ) I thought I'd po...

This is what the author Lucy Diamond has said about Zuzu's Petals : "Full of warmth and wit, this is a romantic and often very mo...

"What did you say your new book is called?" people say to me. "Zulu's Pedals?" "No," I say. " Zuzu...

AArrggh, I've been blog-tagged by Emma at Snowbooks - the boss! When I told Dave, he said "It sounds most uncomfortable." OK...

I can show you my working space because it's just been cleared and decorated. Three weeks ago, it looked like a paper recycling centre,...

My sister-in-law rang last night and asked if Dave, my husband, had been bidding on eBAY for a guitar. "No," I said. "Why?...

Quaker Meeting House, Bainbridge Zuzu's Petals is set in Sheffield and Wensleydale, and I am trying to collect photographs of place...

Why, oh why do I need so many jiffy bags under my desk? Gone are the days of posting off manuscripts to six literary agents at a time. I do...

OK, I admit it, sometimes there is a confusion between Sally Howe and me. I realise this on the rare occasions when I have an idea for a blo...

An odd thing happened this morning. I was writing. I was writing a scene in the sequel to Plotting for Beginners , in which Sally and Gus ha...

I try to restrict my blog to the subjects of writing and books, and assorted gentle musings, but I am so overwhelmed by the latest news ab...

I was falling apart with excitement the first time I held my brand new copy of Plotting for Beginners before publication day, two years ag...

I don't see why Sally Howe should get all the photographs of Bakewell bridge on her blog , so here's one I took earlier today. (cli...

Sometimes people ask if Sally Howe is me. The answer is that we have some things in common, but no, she's not me. She is more optimistic...

Wasn't that an amazing piece of news about the baby dropped from a third floor window by her parents, and caught safely by someone below...

Last week, a who-dunnit writer friend asked me to read and comment on the manuscript of her latest book. She brought the book round and sai...

Scarthin Books , where my writing group meets, and where Jane and I had our launch for Plotting for Beginners , has been named in the Guar...

I do! Thank you Anna, at Snowbooks.

Ten things to be thankful for (in no particular order): 1/ I adore the cover for my new book Zuzu's Petals which my editor, Anna,...

I have been getting ready for Christmas and worrying about Sally. How is she getting on in this season where Gus is the biggest misery guts...

Look what I got in the Christmas post! A unique, handbaked Snowcookie from Em and Anna and Rob at Snowbooks . Aren't they the funkiest ...

At last, the Christmas fairies are swinging into action at our house - abseiling down from who knows where... Maybe they will know who shoul...

I had to stop writing about Sally and Gus in Sally's Blog because the characters were taking up too much space in my head. Since I batt...

It's such a shame that Sally is no longer here. There is so much in my daily life I'd like to hear her comments on. For example......