I get a lot of scepticism about my notebook collection. Some of it justified: I love an expensive notebook, to the bafflement of some of my friends (“it’s just bloody paper!” one exclaimed, despairing, when I was trying to justify some pricey purchase), and I am ridiculously picky about what I write my first and […]
Monthly Archives: February 2016
This week has been incredibly busy for me – not helped by losing a whole day to a migraine! – but I have been cheered by lots more lovely feedback coming in for the books. I mentioned Megan at Published Moments in a previous post, and her lovely 5* review of Angel Falls went live […]
Some from the archives today, as I was trawling through Facebook to find some photos to add, and it was nice to be reminded of notebooks past (since I very rarely keep them once used, or I’d have no space in my house at all…) So here’s a collection: This cute Supernatural themed notebook is, […]
Anyone who follows this blog will know that, occasionally, it veers into the personal – how can a blog about writing not be? – and that the last few years have been very up and down for me. A lot of good things, yes, but some pretty spectacular lows. I’ve written about these before, and […]
I love shiny things, and I love New York, and I love stationery: so it’s always a joy when these things combine, as in these lovely New York notebooks…
Another Christian Lacroix – another gift, obviously!
So, as most of you will know, last month I did a ‘soft launch’ of both Angel Falls, the latest novel in the Dark Dates/Cassandra Bick series, and an accompanying collection of short stories, A Vampire in New York and Other Stories. The reasons I chose this, rather than doing a tightly choreographed launch campaign, […]
I’m quite enjoying my weekly notebook blog, so here are a few from this week. A very lush Christian Lacroix one (a gift, from Liberty stationery hall, I believe); a cute cat one (also a gift) and a very old notebook that I think was also a gift (yes, people buy me a lot of […]
Dark Dates 