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To retreat means to fall back, to escape, to withdraw or disentangle from daily life, I particularly like the idea of disentangling. Concentrating on the treat part, it is an indulgence, for pleasure, a delectable diversion. We were even sent chocolate as a welcome gift for booking. I have just returned from such a haven of solace in Criccieth, North Wales, a long drive for most people and I was no exception as I drove almost from the East coast of England over the hills of Snowdonia to the Western shore. Others joined in from as far North as Aberdeen and far South as Cornwall. Criccieth beach on a sunny morning Our journeys were varied as were our individual reasons for being there but the common theme was writing, particularly wanting to learn from Cathy Rentzenbrink, an author with five books to her name, memoir, self help and a novel (she is currently writing novel number two and it sounds fantastic, she even gave us a glimpse of what she would like the cover to look like – it wi...

When does a romance become something else? When I first started writing and submitting manuscripts  in the traditional way, it was either a romance or it wasn’t. The definitions were very clear, but incredibly restrictive. Although I think it’s a huge step forward to have the freedom of being a cross-genre writer, I must admit I am sometimes baffled by the many sub-divisions in the romance slot and it seems they are constantly evolving. Just for fun, I had a look at the top five most er… unusual genres in romance. At number five then, Amish Romance. This one speaks for itself, but who, other than the Amish community, would read them? Number four was interesting, Nascar Romance . This is where the hero is a driver and all the action is car related, nothing too odd about that, but number three had me cringing… The Personification of Death. As the title may suggest, these novels feature a romantic interlude with the Grim Reaper. Number two was plain old Romantic Suspense b...