In the few days since the publication of India’s Summer my writing has received the kind of recognition authors barely allow themselves to dream about. The Golden Globes coverage eclipsed much of the news in LA and as my PR, …
I am at a new and very exciting point in my life. For the first time there’s something tangible to show for my work. I’ve written a novel and it’s published TODAY!!!!
Never before have I had so much positive …
Note-to-Self – Am not door to door salesperson.
Next time the publisher asks how many advance copies of my book I want to buy, I might give a moment’s thought to where I plan to store them and whether anyone …
Is everyone watching the costume drama Downton Abbey? Get to iTunes fast and catch up if you aren’t. It’s brilliant. It’s a wild success over here. Most Americans are intrigued by the English class system as well they might …
“I used to think that what scared me most was the idea of being abandoned until someone said to me, ‘only children can be abandoned. Adults can’t be abandoned because we have a choice’” – Demi Moore, Harper’s Bazaar
Don’t …
“Very few, if any authors, write prose with the thought that one day they might have to read it standing on a stage in front of an audience hell bent on having a good time” – Howard Marks
This was …
Outside my office window, a palm tree is swaying in the breeze. The sky is violet blue. A tiny hummingbird is hovering on the hedge. It’s heaven. It’s California. It’s home. I’m hunched over my laptop desperately searching for words …
Americans are all born with internal compasses. If you want proof just ask directions from any American. In LA it goes something like this:
“So how do I get to your office from here?” (Me, desperately hoping this will not …
There’s a myth that California is full of airheads, a myth so firmly lodged in the British psyche that there they call it ‘La La Land’. And yet according to USC research, “there are more artists, writers, filmmakers, dancers and …
