Sharon Maria Bidwell

Granted, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but let’s face it, there are some pretty awful book covers out there and for some peculiar reason, a high proportion of poor art has perpetually appeared on romance books. I’m glad to report this trend is changing and, as with the content, the covers are [...]

I’ve decided to clear out some of my old posts (from my website and myspace) but some posts like memories are worth keeping, so every Monday I’ll take a look back and if I find anything interesting I’ll repost with any additional comments I can think of.
So, this morning I had to ask myself if [...]

I had plans. I had a schedule. I have no idea what has happened to these ‘organised’ things. I think I had an attack of ‘life’ as in ‘life had other ideas’ or ‘life got in the way’. It happens to the best of us sometimes.
Thank you to those who have sent messages in the [...]

I’m very pleased to announce a story acceptance for a m/m alternative history with some humour tale of one good night with a very good knight. More sometime next year but ‘A Good Knight’ will be coming to Changeling.

The 17th Annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award goes to author Jonathan Littell has won the 17th annual Bad Sex In Fiction Award, for some hilarious passages in  his novel The Kindly Ones. However, some of the sentences aren’t as good/bad as they’ve been in some years and this is a translation from the French, [...]

Yep you heard me. I am not writing. That is I am but I’m not. I have many personal edits to do and other things to get done including some additions to the website but I am not writing anything new until the new year…which when you think about it isn’t that far off but [...]

Hmm…yes, we’re off again. Our holidays this year have been like London buses: none for ages and then several come along at once. The fact is not having had a break of any sort and finishing the year with more holiday days left than Santa (though I suppose he doesn’t just deliver toys so if [...]

Some days I don’t want to write. By that I don’t mean I want a day off from writing. Some days I want to GIVE UP the writing completely. I know I’m not the only author to feel this way. I’ve discussed it with others and we agree that writers can sometimes “beat themselves up” [...]

I’ve been revising an old work, so in many ways not actually ‘writing’ more like re-ordering. Need to make it shorter for my planned market and realised many scenes weren’t necessary to the book as could be used in another, so I had to cut those out. Then as I started editing I realised that [...]

Jeanne Barrack kindly asked me to participate in the Sweet Flag Blog. She wanted to know all about The Swithin Chronicles and I was happy to oblige. If you’d like to know more of how the series came into being and of my thoughts and feelings behind the work, please do stop by: http://thesweetflagmenlove.blogspot.com/

My thanks [...]