Island of Alana, 1965 Perhaps the house sensed it would be some time before anyone would be at home here again. The wind outside grew stronger, blowing up from the shore, tapping insistently against the windows as though telling Rose not to leave. Rain had begun as drizzle and then sea mist crept in from …
Happy New Year! I hope you had a lovely Christmas, however you spent it. I hope too, that you and yours are keeping well, and finding ways to continue with difficulties we’re still facing. Writing for me is always a lovely distraction, and never more so than now. As The Garden of Little Rose is …
Yorkshire Lads and Lasses(you don’t have be a lad or a lass or from Yorkshire to take part in our blog) Life as I See It … with Jon Beresford, MD of Kilnbeck Youth Centre and fell rescue volunteer Hi Jon, thanks so much for taking part in Life as I See It. We can’t …
Hello! Welcome, especially if you are new to Friends & Flowers, I’m thrilled you have joined me here. I hope you and yours are well and staying safe in these still-challenging times. If you’ve read My Path to Publication, then you will know something of my experience with writing and publishing to this point. I’m …
It’s been a really busy couple of weeks since the book was published, and it’s been lovely to hear how readers are enjoying Annie and Jon’s story. After a long time spent planning and writing, I’m getting used to it being out in the world and my thoughts are turning to the next one and …
I’d have to start by saying my path to publication is both a long and quite short one. Long, because I began writing as a child, dreaming up stories about adventurous girls and their ponies, before moving to romantic fiction later on (sometimes I kept the ponies in!). A short path, because I joined the …
Friday 31st July Welcome indeed, it’s lovely to catch up with you here on Friends & Flowers and I hope you’re enjoying the posts I’m sharing. Please do send me a message to let me know what you think, and if there is anything about my writing you’d like to see here. What can I …
Wednesday 22nd July Hello, I hope you are all keeping well and safely enjoying the opportunity to move around more freely. Thank you for joining me through Friends & Flowers; don’t forget to download the prologue for The Cottage of New Beginnings if you’d like to find out a little more about Annie before she …
Yellow roses, in the Language of Flowers, represent friendship and joy, and so they feel like the perfect way to welcome you to this friends-only area of my website.
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