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Why A GSOH Really Can Get You Gasping…
Think your wisecracks are slaying ‘em in the seduction stakes? Think again, sister. The bad news is that funny does not equal sexy. At least not for men. For the upcoming literary salon I am chairing at the Union in Soho, I created a survey to help answer the question...
McMafia And Me
My new book is set in Bulgaria, a country that is the doorway to Europe for organised crime and, some would say, run by it. I have met some of these gangsters known as Mutra, or 'thicknecks,' because the earliest post-Communist exponents were often former Olympic...
Love A Good Book Launch
There is an art to throwing a good book launch. Long gone are the days of warm white wine and limpid company. Now it's all sparkling conversation, gorgeous frocks and the essential excellent booze. At least, that's held true for the launches I've attended recently...
Pic of The Week!
We made Pic of the Week in The Bookseller - at Angela Clark's latest launch with a fabulous bunch of writers and publishers...
7/7 – Dancing In The Face Of Terrorism
My abiding memory of 7/7 is of the silence. I was at home, around 3 miles from Edgware Road tube where one of the first bombs went off. My mother was dying in hospital, my then toddler happily playing at her nursery school. It was like walking in a forest and suddenly...
10 Things Successful Writers Do
I loved an article by Joanne Fedler so much I turned it into an infographic so as many of you as possible can be inspired by her wise words: