So my eighth novel is finished – Whispers of a Scandal. It’s about secrets, lies, motherhood and friendship. It will be published on October 7th this year. (More of that to come.)

I’m close to beginning my ninth novel. I’m in that happy place where possibilities are endless and ideas abound, full of life and vigour. There will come the moment, very soon, when I have to wrestle the ideas to ground. Some ideas will be discarded; others might just have legs. 

I recently wrote this piece for www.booksbywomen.org

What it takes for me to write a novel