February 2019 NewsletterApril 2, 2019There's an app for that... ‘How do you find the discipline?’ After ‘Where d’you get your ideas?’,…Read More January 2019 NewsletterApril 2, 2019 Picture a badly-heated church hall on a Wednesday night. Plastic chairs are laid out in a…Read More December 2018 NewsletterFebruary 4, 2019You can sign up here to receive my monthly newsletter direct into your inbox each month... Read More Five Times Editing Saved My LifeJanuary 9, 2019 Tidying up my PC lately, I found a folder full of half-edited manuscripts. The pages were a mess…Read More Tub Classics – The Joy Of A Book In The BathDecember 11, 2018 This month I’ve been surgically welded to my iPhone; work emails, train times, Christmas present…Read More Psychological Thrillers In Song – Ten Perfect Pop Songs With Plots, Shocking Twists And Body CountsDecember 8, 2018It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me, because I write them) that the psychological…Read More What I’ve Learned Writing Six Books (and counting)April 17, 2017 New writers often ask me: does it get easier after the first book? And of course in some ways it…Read More You Couldn’t Make It Up! On PlausibilityApril 21, 2016 Implausible. It’s not a word any writer wants to hear about their book. But with the market…Read More How I Make It WorkSeptember 28, 2015 I’m usually up at about 5.30am. As a busy working mum, I think it’s so important to carve some…Read More Ruth Rendell, 1930-2015May 6, 2015 When I was very little I had a picture book called The Story Snail, about a lonely little boy who…Read More On TeachingApril 13, 2015 About once a year, someone stirs up the controversy over whether creative writing can ever really…Read More The Long GoodbyeSeptember 11, 2013I’ve just finished the copy edits on my latest novel, The Ties That Bind, which will be published…Read More From Page To ScreenDecember 10, 2012Adapting The Poison Tree When The Poison Tree was commissioned by STV, one very famous author…Read More Trailer Vs. TrailerNovember 29, 2012Just over a week now until the adaptation of my novel The Poison Tree premieres on ITV1 and to say…Read More FAQsApril 17, 2012Every now and then, they unchain me from my desk and let me loose on the book-loving public. I love…Read More In SuburbiaMarch 2, 2012It has been about three weeks since I ventured beyond my own postcode. The view from my study…Read More Welcome…January 24, 2012...to my newly revamped website. This is my first blog, somewhere for me to talk to you in more…Read More
