By Brenda Burling, author of Might Make You Smile It is said laughter is the best medicine but surely not with something like cancer? In fact, on the contrary, as ...
As always, I would like to send in advance, thank you for the blog invite. A big thanks to the host. I feel blessed. So my debut novel, Whatever It ...
By Deanna Brann, author of Reluctantly Related Revisited: Breaking Free of the Mother-in-Law/Daughter-in-Law Conflict Wedding season is here again and those wedding preparation seem to take over the lives of ...
‘Just want to let off steam here seems to be the place My in-laws2b are driving me crazy at their lack of interest in our wedding!
We saw the florist ...
I’ve been a writer in various genres under different names. Davonte’s Inferno: Ten Years in the New York Public School Gulag (https://amzn.to/2MxsMaO) was my no-holds-barred, scathing critique of fear and ...
Picture this: I’m eighteen years old, straight out of school and I’m waiting for my first university tutorial to start. I had settled well into university. Nice room in student ...
It is absolutely frightening to know that so many of my favourite heinous villains described in literature, have their equally shocking counterparts liberally scattered across the annals of our world’s ...
During the 80s and 90s, with camera in hand, I accompanied hill farmers throughout the year in all weathers, recording whatever task they were undertaking. My aim was to peel ...
To celebrate the release of her new book Paris: A Curious Traveler’s Guide, we asked author Eleanor Aldridge to let us in on 7 things she'd like her readers to ...
Author of the Hannah the Spanner series of children’s books I was born in Birmingham and moved down to Sussex when I was about three. I went to school at ...
Author of Pivotal (Hashtag Press, £7.99, October 17th 2019, women’s fiction) I have no idea why I decided to set part of my debut novel, Pivotal, in Gloucestershire, except perhaps ...
SEVEN has always been a bit of a mythical number. In fact, there are whole studies dedicated to the importance and symbolism the number has throughout human history. From superstitious ...
I’m a proud Anglo-American. Although almost all of my books are set in Britain, I grew up a world away in Los Angeles. However, I’ve always wanted to live in ...
This was a book I never intended to write. What I didn’t realise when I started writing was that readers would become involved in my writing process. Tara, the protagonist ...
While I’ve set my books in lots of different places, I live in rural Australia. I live in a beautiful, peaceful place, but for me, a big part of the joy ...
HELEN Mirren believes her lack of desire to become a big-screen star is one of the reasons why she has stayed at the top for so many years. The stunning ...
All the Christmas films, from Love, Actually to Miracle on 34th Street, we have to watch them all. Having all my family together. My peanut sables - they’re really just ...
Our dogs are members of the family and nourishing them with tasty treats helps us bond with them in a really powerful way. With the festive season drawing closer, we’ll ...
Introducing newest photography book by ACC Art Books, Polar Bears by Michel Rawicki. Michel Rawicki takes you on a journey thorough the artic with adorable photos of polar bears and ...
They say New York is the city that never sleeps but London’s certainly not in bed by 8pm either. To put your night tube journey to good use, here’s a ...
PRESENTS! We all know that a huge part of the holiday is gift-giving. Put together a care-package for someone special or find a local charity. Especially around the holidays, schools and ...
Aging and Old Age are two different things. Aging is a biological process. “Old Age” is the last stage in human life that ends of the human life cycle. The ...
