by Claire | Dec 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
In my next novel, The Golden Girls’ Getaway, I focus on three women’s lives. One character is Vivienne, an actor in her early seventies. She is a strong, feisty and glamorous person who refuses to let age define her. However, professionally she plays an ageing...
by Claire | Nov 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Nothing is more heartbreaking than holding a newborn baby in your arms and it doesn’t cry. The anguish, holding your breath while you wait for that first sign of life, the tears that fall upon your cheeks as you pray for that lovely, beautiful cry. Then… a burst from...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
How long did it take you to come up with the idea for the latest DI Barton storyline and where did the inspiration come from? It’s quite tricky to think of new ideas because there are about 400,000 books a year published. I wanted to do something different, so I used...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
‘Keep young and beautiful it’s your duty to be beautiful, Keep young and beautiful if you want to be loved…’ The lines of that old song had to have been written by a man. The tobacco girls liked to look their best but with the advent of war cosmetics, clothes...
by Claire | Nov 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Kia ora koutou, This is a traditional Maori greeting and since we both live in New Zealand, we thought it would be a nice way to start our blog post. We also thought it would be fun to talk a bit more about our writing partnership and our new book. For those of you...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Even these days, a lot of people dismiss older women. And they really shouldn’t. A lot of us still have a zest for life, a willingness to learn and an appetite for travel. Many of us have reasonable health, some disposable income and the time to take advantage of...
