Women in the Building Industry | Phoebe MacLeod

Women in the Building Industry | Phoebe MacLeod

In Love at First Site I wanted to explore the idea of putting a woman into a very male dominated working environment. My first thought was to look into trucking, but it’s a pretty lonely occupation on the whole, so the romance might have been difficult to find. I’m...
Writing Anti-Heroines | Alison Stockham

Writing Anti-Heroines | Alison Stockham

There is the saying that well behaved women rarely make history and I feel the same about my characters. Well behaved protagonists rarely make for the best stories in my opinion. The more of a difficult history, more bad choices or poor decisions and more selfish or...
The Power of Penpals

The Power of Penpals

Autumn and Rosie – best friends in The Start of Something Wonderful – meet face-to-face for the first time after twenty-four years of friendship. Their relationship started as penpals aged eleven after their respective English teachers set up a penpal exchange. With...
Inspiration for The Start of Something Wonderful

Inspiration for The Start of Something Wonderful

I can’t imagine anyone who reads The Start of Something Wonderful being left in any doubt as to how much I love the Lake District. A stunning part of the UK, I’ve holidayed there since childhood. My memories are mainly of lakeside picnics and splashing in the water....