Susan Jones writes romantic drama with a touch of humour, and historical sagas as Lydia King. She lives in North Warwickshire, and loves walking through the beautiful woodlands where she lives, and gardening and reading are her pastimes.

Category: Update

  • Welcome, Sheila Crosby.   At last, I’m so glad to bring you the interview with the lovely Sheila, the one which should have been published in January. Here it is, and hope you enjoy it and find it, like all good things, well worth waiting for.   Blog about La Palma: http://lapalma-island.com Main site: http://sheilacrosby.com…

  • Hello everyone, and at last something came along that made me giggle. At the weekend, Alan had gone off to work, and I decided to go for a walk, as I’d been having a bit of a lazy day. I went down the road, past the houses, around a triangular field, where I passed an…

  • Happy new year to all my favourite followers, you know who you are. Yes, you.. and you and you of course. I’ve been a bit quiet lately, and thanks to those who noticed. One thing and another has kept me busy, and now I’m getting back to the writing. I’ve had a lovely diary from…

  • Where Alan gets a dog. Now, remember back in the springtime, my plan to get a dog for his birthday fell flat, and he gave me a list of ten reasons why it wasn’t a good idea, and he was right of course, well, this is an antidote to that. Our Son was off to…

  • The fair has come to Redington. Read episode one of my latest serial here….. Part two is published on Wednesday, here. Part three of the story is published here. Part four of Treacle Toffee & Poisoned Coffee is here. Part five is here. The final episode is here… The time slip story goes on throughout…

  • I have two stories published. One is on a shortlist, and published in the new magazine called Kishboo. available to read now. That stands for Keith and Sharon Boothroyd, who have combined to create a new online magazine. On Monday 27th, you can start voting for the stories they have chosen for their list of…

  • It’s a real pleasure to welcome our writing treasure on to my blog. I have Lynne’s book, ‘writing from life,’ on my bookshelf – and if I ever need inspiration it’s one I reach for. The other two, ‘ghost writing’ and Handy hints for Writers’ are also books of mine, that I treasure, and I’d…

  • At work the other day, it came to the time of cleaning the canteen in a factory where we have to enter a code to get through the door. Most places have codes now, and it’s a task in itself to remember them all. On this particular morning, I marched up to the door, hoover…

  • It’s been a weekend of scarecrows in our local village. Here’s some pictures of the wide variety there were. Some would make great book covers wouldn’t they? And some were very real, like the lady in blue in the church. I was having a conversation with someone sitting down, and I thought, ‘blimey, this woman’s…

  • My latest story in the Redington collection is published this week on Creative Frontiers. Hope you enjoy the story if you read it, and thanks to my writing buddies for their help as well. The accumulator competition is ending at the end of this month, so be quick and good luck if you’re having a…