Oh heck, you don't have to go and tell my husband! He knows all about Jakes! And he knows that Jakes is my MC in my debut novel, Eye on the Ball, so everything is good there. Each of the characters I've created the last three and a bit years are special, but I must confess that I will always have a soft spot for Jakes. He is like my first love. You know you have to move on, but you will still think fondly of him. It could possibly be because Jakes is the first character I’ve

I love inspiration boards. My office walls (when I had one), was usually filled with pages and pages of inspiration for all the several projects I work on. Apart from that, I also have inspiration boards for each series and then I have for the Playing for Glory series, team sheets, management sheet and all the other characters. (See far right photos.) I usually use Pinterest to build up my research and ideas for each book, then I pull some of the photos into Photoshop and cre