My favourite (mostly) audiobooks in 2023
It’s almost December, the perfect time to break my blog-post drought with a selection of my favourite reads in 2023. I listened to a lot of audiobooks this year. They’re so convenient. I play them while driving, walking the dog, cooking or baking, or doing boring chores around the house. Life’s exciting! The only time…
Problems with time frames for contemporary novels
My debut novel Return to Desiree Bay isn’t tied to a specific year in the 2000s, but my characters use smart phones, and there are several chapters that focus on social media and its potential for harm if it gets into the wrong hands. If you were to guess, you’d probably place the story in…
It’s ‘a beach read’ but that doesn’t mean it lacks substance
I recently had an interesting conversation with a friend of a friend who told me she wanted to buy my novel Return to Desiree Bay for her 87-year-old mother. She said her mother ‘loved romance novels’. I didn’t take offence but I did note her tone of voice. To my sensitive ears, it implied that…