Sheila Claydon
Ticket to Romance
Since the final book of my Mapleby Trilogy, Many a Moon, was published at the beginning of June I have had to answer a number of...
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Sheila Claydon
May 17, 20225 min read
Goodbye but not forgotten
When Many a Moon, the final book of my Mapleby Memories trilogy is published on 1 June, I will definitely be celebrating. Writing it has...
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Sheila Claydon
Sep 14, 20213 min read
Finding a story
I'm often asked about writing a book. Do I plan it chapter by chapter? How do I develop my characters? Do I ever use real people? Do I...
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Sheila Claydon
Feb 5, 20215 min read
Loving Ellen - extract Chapter 1
Rachel Ryan is my best friend bar none. She knows everything there is to know about me. Well, almost everything. She knows my ex bailed...
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Sheila Claydon
Feb 5, 20212 min read
The story behind the story
When I first started writing romance (a very long time ago) it was all about powerful and wealthy men and although my heroines were...
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Sheila Claydon
Jan 14, 20215 min read
Remembering Rose extract-Chapter 1
I wasn’t expecting the world to turn into such a scary place the moment Leah was born. While I was pregnant I didn’t think much beyond how I
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Sheila Claydon
Jan 14, 20213 min read
The story behind a photo
Remembering Rose is very special to me because it is my take on a family history. Not my family (although I might get to that eventually)...
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Sheila Claydon
Dec 13, 20206 min read
Bouquet of Thorns extract chapter 4
On a travelling scholarship in India, Sarah's brother has left her in charge of his run-down wine bar, telling her to sell it if she can....
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Sheila Claydon
Dec 13, 20203 min read
A memory in flowers
The cover of the latest edition, published by Books We Love Second edition Ebook The original cover when the book was one of 2 full...
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Sheila Claydon
Nov 15, 20208 min read
Empty Hearts (extract from Chapter 3)
Holly is struggling to pick up the pieces of her shattered life when she is offered the chance to travel to Moscow to research a new book.
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Sheila Claydon
Nov 15, 20203 min read
To Russia with Love!
As you can see from the slightly tatty image, this is a photo of the original book because in those days (1985) there were no eBooks.
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Sheila Claydon
Oct 14, 20202 min read
How to tell a book by its cover?
Original cover Once, long ago, I wrote under the pen name Anne Beverley, and Golden Girl was my first published book. Then I wrote more...
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Sheila Claydon
Oct 14, 20205 min read
Golden Girl
The last thing Lisa wants is to model Golden Girl cosmetics until she learns it’s the only way she can save the career of the man she loves
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Sheila Claydon
Oct 4, 20202 min read
Every author needs a writing partner
Every author need a writing partner and this is mine! Her name is Elfie and she is 5 years old.
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Sheila Claydon
Sep 10, 20202 min read
It really is a global world
...6 new books are published every month, and for anyone visiting its website the choice of older books is endless...
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