Happy 2009!

Wishing everyone a safe, healthy, prosperous and happy 2009. Let's hope the new year brings some positive energy along with it.

Mine started pretty well and I've returned from a fabulous Christmas/New Year in France to find that A Temporary Arrangement has hit the publisher's bestseller list. It's currently at No.5 at The Wild Rose Press. The print version was also released on 2 January and is now available from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Later today, I'm going to (belatedly) write out my goals for the year with timescales attached, while polishing off the last of the chocolates. Which means that topping the goals list might be that old chestnut ... losing weight.

Samhain will be publishing their 2008 top ten bestseller list in January. Click here to cast your vote. Of course, if you choose to vote for Satin Lies or His Convenient Affair that would be doubly good (wink).

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Did it!

Now there's just the little matter of editing and revising.

Good luck to all my writing buddies still hammering away at the keyboard ... keep going... you can do it!

The finishing line's in sight!

I'm heading into the final week of NaNoWriMo with a nice healthy word count behind me, which means I just have to manage a few hundred words a day to reach the 30 November deadline. The story's had its ups and downs and there'll be a lot of revision to do, but overall it's moved along well enough. The process has been hard, but enjoyable, plus it's amazing how liberating it can be to just write and not worry too hard about the internal editor sitting on your shoulder as you work. During the process I've often slipped into what Chris Baty in No Plot? No Problem! calls 'the zone' "that place where you become a passive conduit to a story" which "exercises your brain in weird, pleasant ways and just makes life a little bit more enchanted." Amen to that.

This has been my first NaNo experience, but I'm thinking it won't be the last.

No.1 and a new Review

A Temporary Arrangement has received a lovely 5 Heart Review from Brenda Talley over at The Romance Studio. You can read the full review by clicking HERE.

Plus, A Temporary Arrangement is currently No.1 on The Wild Rose Press page at Fictionwise.

What a great way to start the week :)

New Release

Finn needs a wife - temporarily
Thia needs a miracle - permanently

Today sees the release of my latest contemporary romance A Temporary Arrangement from The Wild Rose Press.

With his sister’s recent death heavy on his conscience, Finn Montgomery wants custody of his seven year old nephew. That means finding a suitable woman and making her an offer she can’t refuse.

Thia Conway needs a miracle. Too bad that miracle comes in the shape of a ruthless and arrogant businessman who views a marriage proposal as just another clause in a contract – a contract Thia has no option but to sign.