Sharon Maria Bidwell

I’ve just read a book that is a recipe for a great summer read. Sink your teeth, your gaze, caress it with your fingers, and let the flavour of this book roll around on your tongue. Quite seriously, this is a book to indulge the senses.
“The Food of Love” by Anthony Capella was one of […]

It’s very seldom I buy something too beautiful to use. I’m one of those who believes if you’re too frightened to use it then it’s a waste to buy. Don’t buy things you can’t use or aren’t beautiful. Things you buy you should need or they should enhance your life. I haven’t always adhered well […]

I’ve had some very important decisions to make this weekend and I can’t sound more cryptic than that, I know, but you’ll have to forgive me. I’m one of those who often feels speak things too loudly and you’re tempting fate. I’ll tell the good news — or bad — when it happens, which may […]

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As of Friday I’m taking a break. A real break. A break from writing, from promoting, from the computer, from the house. We’re going to visit relatives and then we’re travelling on towards Cromer in Norfolk, which for those of you who may not know is at the top to the right of the pregnant […]

One topic that affects writers greatly but they rarely talk about in public is the blues. Let’s call it writers’ doldrums. I don’t seem to be the only one suffering this lately though I have to admit I hit an expected low yesterday. I don’t know why this is. It could just be that I’m […]

Okay, I did promise to explain at least part of the various reasons why my writing is scarce on the ground this year. By that I mean I am writing, I’m just not submitting much for publication. Some of those reasons are personal and concern things I’m trying to sort out or arrange in my […]

I would like to wish someone very important in my life a very happy birthday and I’m also dropping by to say that I will be away this weekend to celebrate an even more special occasion. It is my mother and father in-law’s 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary. They will hate that I’ve told the nation […]

Just so you know what to expect I’ve added a ‘currently working on’ box to the menu so you’ve some idea of what I’m doing when I’m quiet, although that usually just means something has come up in ‘life’ (I always think writers need to live two lifetimes to get everything done) or that I’m […]

I think about names a lot. I do. I’m a writer. I often have to think about names. Many writers pick names for different reasons. For me it either just fits and slips into my head easily or I have to search long and hard. Sometimes I look into origins or meanings of names and […]