What the French taught me about sex (and writing it)
It’s nearly a week since my debut novel Paris Mon Amour came out and I’ll be writing about that incredible experience very soon… But in the meantime – and because I was way too busy to post this week –...
View ArticlePublishing my debut novel Paris Mon Amour
How does it feel? everyone keeps asking me, to see my first novel Paris Mon Amour published? A week has passed and I’m still not sure I have the words to convey it, but I’m going to try. For me, the...
View ArticleSeven years to publication, seven things I’ve learned
In view of the appreciative response to the above piece I wrote for the Writers’ Workshop (York Festival of Writing) blog, I thought I’d also post the link here on the Literary Sofa. Thanks again to WW...
View ArticleMy Love Affair with France
It’s been a busy and exciting time lately, with wonderful reviews of Paris Mon Amour appearing all over the place – one reader wrote to me when she finished it at 2am! It’s so interesting and rewarding...
View ArticleOn Female Sexuality and Motherhood
Another quick link, to my latest guest post related to Paris Mon Amour: today I’m really excited to be featured on Naomi Frisby’s The Writes of Woman. It’s one of my favourite blogs (and she was kind...
View ArticleOn the Couch – my protagonist Alexandra talks to Vicky Newham
Not surprisingly, people associate me with sofas. Some think I am a sofa, or a Sofia. Well anyway, this week I swapped my Literary Sofa for a therapist’s couch and my head for that of Alexandra...
View ArticleAutumn 2016 on the Literary Sofa
I hope you’ve had a fantastic summer. It’s definitely not ‘business as usual’ on the Literary Sofa yet but just wanted to say hello – especially to my new followers, welcome! – after a long break from...
View ArticleParis Mon Amour competition – win signed advance copies
On Monday I returned from a week staying in the 5th arrondissement in Paris, a very enjoyable mix of long walks (totalling 99km, no less), art exhibitions, inspiration for my next novel, seeing friends...
View ArticleParis Mon Amour – paperback publication week
This is publication week for the paperback edition of my debut novel Paris Mon Amour, and this is a difficult post to write. You’re probably thinking, ‘What? Isn’t that the best post ever?’ And you’d...
View ArticleNews from Paris (Mon Amour)
How’s it all going? I keep being asked. It’s been a very busy and exciting first two weeks for the paperback edition of Paris Mon Amour, so I thought I’d share a few of the best moments and some still...
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