Ok, ok, I know I've not been in the writing game that long really, with only one published book (two if you're reading this after 30th April 2015), but I've been on one hell of a steep learning curve these last few years! When I was asked by fellow debut author Laura Salters to do a guest post on her blog with my top ten writing tips I was flattered and only too happy to oblige. Click here for a link to the post on Laura's blog, where you'll also see some other great posts. A

When my publicist called to tell me the BBC were interested in interviewing me - the very next day! - for the national 6 o'clock news, I was delighted. It was my first chance to really put my novel-writing career onto the national stage. In fact, they didn't just want to interview me, but my two children as well. At my home! As it was, though, it wasn't my unputdownable thrillers that had enticed the production team of one of the premier news programmes in the UK to want to i