One of the most exciting things about being an author - apart from meeting lots of readers and talking about books with them - is seeing a novel printed out for the first time. After weeks and weeks of tapping away at a screen and looking at the book digitally it���s always something else to see the printer spewing out hundreds of pages.

I���ve been writing the 4th Polwenna Bay book for several months now and to finally be able to read it as a whole is very exciting. The whole process of putting a book together is quite a slow one and I tend to spend several weeks reading through and making lots of changes and rewrites. Then, when I am finally brave enough to let it go, I send to book to my editor and proof readers who have the job of pulling it all into shape. A good editor is worth their weight in gold and I am very lucky with mine.

So now, please excuse me while I return to making a few more changes!