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Blog#121 – A Void

Blog#121 – A Void

Dear Readers, It’s been so lovely to receive your responses to my last blog about the anti-climax I experienced in the weeks that followed my book launch. The topic resonated deeply with some of you. Because I have been feeling ongoing turmoil from what I can only...

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Blog#120 – Looking Up

Blog#120 – Looking Up

Dear Readers, It’s been a strange time since my last post. You will have seen the photos and video of me laughing and dancing in celebration of my long-held dream finally coming true. I published my first novel. We threw a fabulous party. I wore the red dress. There...

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Blog#119 – I Don’t Have to Believe it Anymore

Blog#119 – I Don’t Have to Believe it Anymore

Dear Readers, Thanks for accepting the invitation to spend a few minutes with my writing today. I appreciate you’re busy, so it’s an honour that you chose me right now. Since the hugely successful launch party that I hosted to celebrate my debut novel on September 12,...

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Blog#118 – Life Already Happening

Blog#118 – Life Already Happening

Dear Readers, The excitement that has been building around the forthcoming launch of my debut novel was shaken out of me a little last week when I experienced a health scare. After being sent to the emergency department by my GP because of a concern about ongoing...

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Blog#117 – Full Circle

Blog#117 – Full Circle

Dear Readers, Every now and then life quietly joins two moments separated by decades. Last week, that happened to me. Thirty years ago, I took a sabbatical from my demanding career in London to volunteer at an orphanage in the hills of Santa Teresa above Rio de...

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Blog#116 – The Gift I Gave Myself at Sixty

Blog#116 – The Gift I Gave Myself at Sixty

Dear Readers, Thank you for the wonderfully supportive responses to my recent letter seeking Founding Readers for my debut novel, In a Different Light. Some of you will have received your advance copy by now, and I truly hope with all my heart that you enjoy the...

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