Liz Fielding's Blog, page 39

It's the last day before the packers arrive to put everything in boxes. The fridge/freezer went to a new home today. The washing machine has spun it's last cycle for me - we've been together for about 15 years. I'd like to say that I'll miss it, but actually I'm looking forward to a modern, energy efficient, quiet machine that doesn't dance across the floor when it spins.

I took the last load

Do you dream of being a published romance author? If so, Harlequin and Mills & Boon has a great opportunity for you —  the  So You Think You Can Write online writing event and contest is back for the third year, and this time it’s bigger and better than ever!

This year’s So You Think You Can Write event is going worldwide.

Editorial offices in Toronto, New York, the UK and even Australia will

A copy of my ebook edition of Eloping With Emmy is up for grabs during the SummerRomance Festival running from 25th June to 31st July.

There are two hundred books on offer so do join in the fun.

And to keep up with the news of the Festival follow @Freado on twitter.



I'm also in the Spotlight over at Harlequin Romance Junkie today talking about beginnings and that sometimes your characters

Introducing Veda Mae...





... who looks exactly like her big sister, Cora Rose.




Which means she's going to grow up like this!

As details of this years Mills and Boon New Voices competition begin to emerge, this is a great moment to introduce a writer who has used the competition as a stepping stone to publish her novella. Welcome, Sophie Rodger!

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Firstly, thank you very much to Liz for hosting my novelette on her blog. I am very honoured as I have been a fan of her books for years!
So, without further ado- onto

As details of this years Mills and Boon New Voices competition begin to emerge, this is a great moment to introduce a writer who has used the competition as a stepping stone to publish her novella. Welcome, Sophie Rodger!

* * *

Firstly, thank you very much to Liz for hosting my novelette on her blog. I am very honoured as I have been a fan of her books for years!
So, without further ado- onto

Our new baby granddaughter arrived on Sunday, 17th June, weighing in at 7lb12 ozs. Both Mum and baby are doing well. Daddy is ecstatic. The Aged Grandparent and Mamgu are grinning fit to bus.

Like her mother, she's a Sunday's child, which is special. She arrived on Father's Day and her great-grandparent's Diamond Wedding Anniversary (her Dad's grandparents). A young lady with a spectacular

The moving is … moving.



This week two burly men arrived and carried away furniture that won’t fit in the new house. A sofa, armchairs, a table. They took a carved teak chest that was made for us over forty years ago and we have carried around the world. It’s always had pride of place in the entrance of our home, wherever we’ve lived. Sadly, our new house doesn’t have a hall large enough for it

It's my pleasure to welcome fellow member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, Sue Moorcroft as my guest today.

Sue has written a handful of novels, including All That Mullarkey, at present on my Kindle tbr list. She is also a creative writing tutor and has written Love Writing, everything you need to know about writing romantic and erotic fiction (perfect for anyone with ambitions to

Today, it's my enormous pleasure to welcome Lilian Darcy to my blog. A few weeks ago, Lilian asked me to read her new mainstream title, Saving Gerda. This book is completely outside my usual reading range when I'm working on a book of my own. I usually go for crime, for humour and pre-Germany was not going to be a laugh a minute.



Lilian is a fabulous writer, so I began and was immediately