Well, hello. Yes, I know, it’s been a while. In my defence, there’s been rather a lot going on… As you may know from stuff I’ve shared on social media, earlier this year my company decided to make me redundant – a decision, I hasten to point out, that I was more than happy with!…Read more »
I’ve been CONned!
Posted by in Meet-The-Author I have the blues. The post-CON blues, in fact. I’ve recently returned from the inaugural ELLCon in Bristol, UK. Once again, after immersing myself in nothing but talking about writing with other authors and fantastic readers, as soon as I got home my energy dipped and I spent the remainder of the weekend slouched on my…Read more »
Endings becoming beginnings
Posted by in Personal I have a very good friend whose life motto is “Everything happens for a reason”. Sometimes I’ve agreed with that philosophy, sometimes not, but I have to admit whenever I’ve looked back on the big changes of direction in my life, and what they led me to, that phrase does ring round my mind. And…Read more »
The Cons are on!
Posted by in Meet-The-Author, Ylva Fresh from the excitement and fun of attending my first big literary event back in November, the DIVA Literary Festival, I’m delighted to announce that I will be attending two other major events this year where you can meet me, get a signed copy of one of my books, and let me thank you profusely…Read more »
Wipping things into shape
Posted by in Personal Well, it’s been a while since I blogged but we can blame illness and NaNo for that. I am now back in the saddle, so to speak, and just wanted to update you on all the latest happenings. November saw me taking part in the DIVA Magazine inaugural Literary Festival, at the Hilton NEC in…Read more »
Free Short Stories!
Posted by in Personal I’ve got some exciting news to share and it’s all about freebies – and we all love freebies, right? I’ve just published a free short story here on my website – this is something new I’m playing with, intending to publish three or four free stories a year. The stories will be sexy, romantic, sweet,…Read more »
Silence is golden
Posted by in Personal I’ve seen a couple of social media posts recently by fellow authors in which they’ve shared their latest playlists, the music they absolutely must listen to while they write. I am in awe of these people. I am incapable of listening to music when I am in writing mode. Even if it’s only instrumental, like…Read more »
Sneaky peak at “Miles Apart”
Posted by in Ylva As it’s getting close to launch day for “Miles Apart”, my third novel, I thought I’d treat you all to a little teaser. Click the link below the passage to check out the blurb etc over at the Ylva Publishing website, and put August 16th in your diaries as the day to click the “Add to…Read more »
Winner at GCLS Awards!
Posted by in Ylva I’m thrilled to announced that ‘The Club’ won a Goldie! At the GCLS Awards that took place in Chicago on July 8th, ‘The Club’ was one of the winners in the Best Erotica class. To achieve something this amazing with only my first book has me floating beyond cloud nine, and I’m quite sure I…Read more »
Just imagine them all naked…
Posted by in Ylva I’ve just returned from Lesvos, in the Greek islands, where I attended the second Lesvos Lesfic event run by Ylva Publishing. It was just as much fun as last year, and for me had an additional element in the form of being the lead speaker on a panel discussion. Now, in my day job, I…Read more »
