Way back in 2005 I wrote a book called ROSE OF RUBY STREET. It was my second book and I’d had time to cut my teeth on my first novel LIZZIE OF LANGLEY STREET. I was a rookie to this genre, for LIZZIE sprang from my own family history. A vast East End tribe [...]
This pic of Hollywood movie actor Tony Curtis, really epitomizes the 1950′s. The moody look, casual broad shoulders and stance, sizzling sexuality – it’s all part of that dynamic age and the decade in which I placed my novel EAST END JUBILEE . Out next month, the story is by no means Hollywood-esque, but [...]
At the heart of every good book is a love story – that’s what I think – and feel. Love eternal, love tested, love betrayed, loved survived, loved just once, or twice, or the third time around. First love and last love … yes, for me, love is the driving force of each novel [...]
Question; would you like to see your book turned into a TV drama? Answer; yes, if the book was given to the master of the art of adaptation, Andrew Davies! This extraordinarily clever writer knows exactly what it takes to make a success of screenplays. Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Vanity Fair, Wives and [...]
I was feeling a little sorry for myself yesterday; for a month I’ve been wrestling with revisions. Timeframe, character, plot, pace and dialogue, all has to be changed. When I was a kid, I remember pulling a thread from the middle of my jumper and watching the rest of the jumper unravel. Novel [...]
Coming in May AMAZON The Queen took the throne on February 6 1952 and her coronation took place on June 2 1953. To celebrate 60 years of the Queen’s reign, her Diamond Jubilee will take place in 2012. Rose of Ruby Street was a very popular book when it was first published and [...]
Valentine Day’s Love Poem The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes THE wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding— Riding—riding— The highwayman came riding, up [...]
This week marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s birth. He was a writer most of us have read as some point, or seen his books dramatized or listened to an audio of his works. So apart from taking a great pleasure in joining in with the virtual celebrations, I’m holding one of my [...]
The Amazon promotion of EAST END ANGEL was very rewarding. I enjoyed feedback from so many readers and realize just how wonderful technology is. The Kindle and its kind are bringing readers ever closer to discovering new authors and fresh talent and in my case, the Carol Rivers novels. For those interested in the thrills [...]
Just had to write a few lines for EAST END ANGEL. Amazon Kindle are promoting the book at £1. 99. This is a fabulously affordable price for an ebook and I’m over the moon for the readers. It’s only for a few weeks, but a brilliant opportunity for those Kindle owners who would like to [...]
