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I'm currently writing newsletters in place of blogs. If you'd like to be added onto the mailing list, please let me know through the...

Hey thief - we know who you are!

This was the notice put up in my gym the other day. It was 6.00 pm, a peak time, and the changing room was packed. I looked around...

Should we be in love with eBooks?

For me, it's a love/hate relationship with eBooks. As a reader, my Amazon Kindle works well when I'm travelling - it's light, portable...

Are characters more important than plot in Romance?

With so few men writing or reading Romance, why has my publisher, Accent Press, put me into that genre and why does being a member of the...

Where are the male authors writing Romance?

I'm a member of the UK Romantic Novelists' Association. At conferences with 200+ delegates, no more than 20 are male authors are writing...

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