Mills & Boon Historical Heroes

What a day I’ve had! 

 I was planning to do a blog entry today all about my experiences on my first ever RNA conference – an inspiring weekend, by the way. However, while taking a short break from my work this morning, I opened up my emails to find one from Mills & Boon saying that my entry in their Historical Heroes competition had been awarded first place in the Medieval/Tudor category. 

I was gobsmacked – not least because in all the conference excitement, I’d completely forgotten about the competition. That’s how good the conference was! So to all my friends from the RNA Birmingham Chapter who were cross that I didn’t breathe a word of it over the weekend – I would have done if I’d remembered!

You can find my entry on the Mills & Boon blog. It’s up against stiff competition from Faye Delacour and Phoebe Randerson. Please read and vote for your favourite!

First draft finished and Happy Christmas!

On Friday I finally typed those magic words: 'The End'. Yay!

Of course, it's not the end, not by a long chalk. What I've completed is the first draft and I know the story is going to need major revisions before it's ready for submission. But still, I've written a story that has a beginning, middle and end and I'm letting myself sit back this weekend and enjoy the glow of achievement.

This will probably be the last post before Christmas, as I'm off to Yorkshire on Friday to spend the holiday with my family. Here's hoping that this year, Father Christmas decides not to give us the Norovirus...

Happy Christmas to one and all! I hope everyone has a wonderful time.