Wearing Three Hats

Hi everyone.  This is my first post on the blog so I am just dipping my toe in the water of Girls Heart Books and look forward to getting to know the regular readers a little over the next few months. I was wondering what I should do for my introductory post and then realised … Continue reading →

Falling Fast winners!

Competition winners of a copy of Falling Fast are…. Natasha Evans Anest Williams Shakira Saleem Lesa Milligan Amy Knight Hope you enjoy the book – you can read more about how much of my real life went into writing it in the blog below! Continue reading →

Butterfly Summer winners!

And the lucky winners in the Butterfly Summer competition are…….(drum roll)………… Georgie Luckhurst Chloe Hill Naise Barrett Well done to you three! Shiny new copies of Butterfly Summer on their way to you… Happy Easter! Continue reading →

Congratulations!

This morning I had fun cutting up bits of paper, writing numbers on them (LOTS of numbers!  What a great response!), shaking them up in the hat my sister gave me with embroidery and two long tassles – AND PULLING OUT THE FIVE WINNERS! (drumroll please …) And the winners for The Case of the … Continue reading →

Princess Katie’s Kittens Winners

A huge thank you to everyone who entered the competition to win copies of Princess Katie’s Kittens. There were so many correct answers they all went into a draw and the lucky winners were: Ameera Saleem Maia Quail Anest Williams Well done and copies of the books will be in the post to you shortly. … Continue reading →

Using real life in stories

One of the things I love most about writing stories is the freedom it gives me to make things up without getting bogged down in research. But even though none of my books are based totally on real life, that doesn’t mean actual people and  events haven’t influenced them. Take Falling Fast. It’s a love story about … Continue reading →

A tongue in my head

As well as being a cowardy custard I am also quite shy and if left to my own devices quite reticent by nature. Liking the quiet life is very handy when settling down to do some writing but not much use if you need to go out and meet people. When I need to boost … Continue reading →

Imagine ….

There’s a famous quote by Albert Einstein that goes: ‘Imagination is more important than knowledge’. I love this quote and think he is so right. Imagination is the spark that everything else springs from. If the Wright brothers hadn’t imagined being able to fly they would never have invented the first aeroplane and we wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Developing a Thicker Skin!

In just 36 days, not that I’m counting or anything, my new book, Butterfly Summer will be published. A few weeks ago, some pre-publication copies were sent off for reviews. Now anyone who has gone through literally years of trying to get a book published – not to mention the extreme ups and downs that … Continue reading →

To illustrate or not to illustrate…

That is the question. Or rather, it shouldn’t be, but often is! “Do you do the pictures yourself?” is a question I get asked A LOT! I don’t know why it is assumed that because you can write, you are also able to draw. The two things don’t necessarily go hand in hand, and in … Continue reading →