This week I was reminded that not all media is social I’m careful about how I use social media. I keep my location and other personal details off Twitter and Facebook, and my personal Facebook page is locked down. My writing page is open to anyone, but I still keep certain personal information off it. Like many, if not most, women I receive constant friend requests from men – usually middle-aged, widowers, American and ex-armed services – because obviously we all have soft sp

To say the past few months have been chaotic doesn’t cover it. A period of ups and downs, tumultuous. Good news, bad news. A little from column A, a little from column B. Insert relevant cliché here. I finally took the plunge and subbed manuscript no. 1 out to agents, sending either queries or the opening chapters depending on their submission guidelines, and received some feedback and a couple of no thanks. I’d printed out manuscript no. 2 ready to read it for the first time