Food, glorious food

One of the things I love about being a writer is being able to live vicariously through my characters. Being a bit of a 'foodie' myself I love being able to write scenes where my characters go out for meal or stay in and cook because it means I can pick whatever I fancy off the menu without any consequences, especially when it comes to the dessert! 

Sometimes I write about places I have actually been, like Clancy's, am amazing fish restaurant in Western Australia which I featured in my latest novel, Tied to You. Everything that I mentioned were my own favourite dishes and just by writing about it I could imagine that I was there with Liv and Alex on City Beach.

Other times I will have to search via the fabulous Google for a venue that fits the setting in my book so when Liv and Alex head out for brunch it is to the very real Bluebird on the Kings Road in Chelsea. Liv's breakfast of eggs royale was very much what I was craving the day I wrote that particular scene so that's what I chose.

But sometimes I have to fib a little...My Thirty Days series features Abby, baker-extraordinaire. While I love to cook myself, I am useless at baking and instead that feat falls to my amazing husband who has the ultimate patience when it comes to weighing and measuring. All those amazing confections that Abby produces are actually goodies that he has produced himself and I do actually get to enjoy. So by talking about it in my books I actually get to savour their deliciousness twice. Yum!

Clits, Cocks & Cashew Nuts: The secret life of an erotic romance writer

It's funny old thing this writing lark. When I was younger I head this idea in my head that to write you had to find the right setting... a gite in France, a view of a caribbean beach or even some atmospheric woods. But the reality is that I can't afford the caribbean view and to be honest I probably would get less writing down if I had that temptation in front of me. I also had this idea that to be able to write a sexy scene you needed to feel sexy yourself...put something nice on, wear make-up etc.

But here's the rub (no pun intended!), as a writer everything comes out of your head so nothing else really matters. Like this morning, I am sat in my comfiest stretchy jeans and hair tied back in a decidedly unflattering ponytail, listening to Highway to Hell played on a cello, munching on cashew nuts whilst banging out (yes I went there!) a particularly steamy sex scene. And yes it is hot. I might be less than sexy sat here but that doesn't mean what comes out of my head can't be x-rated.

It's Sexy Sentence Saturday

Tied to You by Bibi Paterson

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Freebie Friday

Welcome to the weekend! If you are looking for a saucy read that is being described as"a feel good Harlequin Signature novel meets Fifty-Shades" then look no further than Tied to You.

Book description:

What happens when you hit rock bottom and can’t see a way out? Do you take the handsome stranger’s indecent proposal that seems too good to be true?In a word, yes. 

Desperation will make you do crazy things, like giving up a year of your life and travelling halfway around the world to marry a gorgeous Aussie winemaker who seems to come with more baggage than he knows what to do with. 

I know I should keep my distance but there is something about him that just draws me in. Maybe it is the way he always seems to be there for me when I need it most, or that he just seems to know the right thing to say. 

All I know is that the moment he kisses me on our wedding day, I am in trouble. 

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Thirsty Thursday

Where is your favourite watering hole? 

My vote is Clancy's at City Beach in Perth, Western Australia

The sun is a bit lower in the sky now that it is late afternoon, and as we trudge down the sand towards the water’s edge, the light shimmers off the water, forcing me to don my sunglasses. I bravely pop my bare foot out, waiting to experience the chill of the water, like you would in the UK. But instead of bone-numbingly freezing, the water is cool and pleasant and I almost wish that I hadn’t left my costume in the car. I don’t know how long we stand there, both staring out into the ocean, but eventually Alex starts to fidget and suggests we head up to the fish place, Clancy’s.

Extract from Tied to You by Bibi Paterson