who writes Harlequin Presents as Caitlin Crews has written a fantastic blog all about how to write Big Emotion in a Little Book. It’s a must read for any aspiring romance writer…

Check it out here.

Hope you’re all having a wonderful weekend!

Back soon, x Abby

I’ve been tagged in the Sunshine Awards, given to me by the lovely Heidi Rice who has listed all the things she loves here. So now I have to list all the things I love…well here goes:

I love Heidi Rice because she’s my buddy and RWA conference roomie and general get up to no goodness partner in crime. I love Annie West and India Grey because we all started about the same time and they’ve been with me every – sometimes fraught – step of the way. I love my close friends, some of whom have become so close they’re my second/surrogate family whether they like it or not . I love traveling to new places and having that sense of being totally out of your own world. I love looking back at photos of traveling and remembering…I love the beaches in the west of Ireland and looking out to the Atlantic with nothing between us an America.

I love the smell of a turf fire. I love a glass of prosecco with a strawberry in it. I love warm chocolate cake dessert. I love pasta, especially Penne Arrabiata. I love Indian takeaways. I love Linda Howard’s books, and Lee Child’s books. I love discovering a new favourite author and realizing they have a whole back catalogue to catch up on. I love good movies. I love when friends visit. I love dinner parties. I love going to London, or Paris or any other city.

I love magazines. I love a nap in the afternoon. I love writing when it’s all flowing and you sit back and say, where did that come from??! I love babies but love being able to hand them back too. (Until I get my own!). I love my office in my house with a view of the Dublin mountains…

Phew, as you can see I could go on and on and on….hope you’re all loving whatever you’re doing today

And now I guess I have to tag someone – so I’m going to tag the lovely Donna Alward who is up for a RITA award at this years’s RWA conference  in Anaheim!

Back soon, Abby x

…and lots of this…

…if any of you have any good sugar – free diet recipes please send them on to me!

Also in book news I’ve got a title for my latest ms which had just been accepted after light-ish revisions – Exquisite Revenge. It’s due out in the UK this November. If you’re interested in seeing some of the behind the scenes inspiration, here is the Pinterest board I did for it: Exquisite Revenge

Back soon!

x Abby

In other news my friend’s sister-in-law has just had her debut novel, In A Moment, published by Poolbeg Press…

I was lucky enough to be invited to the launch yesterday and it was very exciting. AND, I’ve also been very honoured to get an acknowledgement for just having a very nice chat with the extremely glamorous Caroline (who also has 3 children, don’t ask me how she does it)…

So if you’re looking for a new read why not pick it up?

Here is an interview Caroline did about how she got started etc…interview

In the meantime, have a fantastic holiday and I’ll be back soon!

x Abby

And in other news the 2012 RWA RITA and Golden Heart Award nominations were announced today so a huge congratulations to all the lucky nominees! You can check out the full list here: http://www.rwa.org/cs/2012_rita_and_gh_finalists

Back Soon!

x Abby