So, I was being all authorly yesterday and popped off down to Selfridges (landmark Department Store in London's West End in case you don't know!) to give some workshops on How to Write a Mills and Boon (not that I'm an expert on that at the moment... Hello, chapter one for the five-thousanth time!) to a couple of very nice journalist ladies from two national newspapers. Selfridges are doing a pop-up shop in the store at the moment so we got to sip tea from china cups, eat amazing cupcakes (cue copious plugs for Cupcakes and Killer Heels out in May) and talk alpha heroes and sassy heroines against a backdrop of amazing vintage covers from M&B's one hundred plus year history and a bookshelf full of new Riva titles - which looked amazing BTW. Frankly my favourite pastime. (Oh and if you were wondering about that picture, no I'm not eight months pregnant, I just had rather too much joie de vive over Christmas!)
Anyway, so what's the exciting news? Well, I'll be doing workshops for customers as Selfridges' Writer in Residence over Valentine's week, so if you happen to be looking to do some retail therapy in London at that time, and want to pop in and talk hunky heroes with me (and get some hot tips on how to become a USA Today best-selling author for M&B), do join me. I'll put details of days and times nearer the time (when I know them).
BTW, I picked up a copy of Kim Lang's January Riva The Girls Guide to Flirting with Danger while I was there, so that has just popped to the top of my TBR pile... Am hoping it will inspire me! And if not at least I know it'll be a delicious distraction.
