My latest novel, The Man Of Her Dreams, is about a woman with a rich inner life who manifests her dream boyfriend. Then one day he literally turns up on her doorstep. Or does he? Vaguely inspired by Harvey, the James Stewart film, it was the germ of an idea that languished in the back of my ideas folder for over a decade, until it suddenly took on proper shape and a sub plot and supporting characters.
I’m about to start writing a new novel, a big, sexy tearjerker, exploring some big themes but also some romcom tropes that I’ll have fun writing including the always popular ‘There’s only one bed!’ This is the most exciting part of the process for me; percolating an idea for months, even years, until all the vignettes and snatches of dialogue and bits of back story coalesce
