Paula Wynne

We'd only been in Competa for our second weekend when this huge wind storm whipped up off the coast, which is only about 12 miles away. In fact, we can see the sea from the pool patio.

After the rolling hills of Salisbury Plain, Dexter is becoming a Spanish Mountain Goat. The terrain around our new home is pretty steep so he had been going on new adventures of his own.

We went to see our first property viewing today in Los Moras on the Spanish coast a couple of hours from Malaga. Firstly, we had to drive half an hour up a dry riverbed to get to the village.

I have this thing about the Spanish sunrise. Whenever we're out walking I snap shots of the sun rising ... it starts off like this above.

Within seconds the sky lights up like this ...

I haven't blogged much lately because we have been doing so much house hunting and it has been so lovely to have our three sons coming over to visit us for the Christmas season (even though it's Ja

Just when you think you're safe and your folks won't embarrass you any more...WHAM! Look what happened to me, says Dexter.

After a wind storm blew this piece of fabric, which looks like a dog's bed, down into our home, Dexter got really excited.

What is lovely about spending winter in Spain is not only the gorgeous sunny days and clear blue skies, but sometimes you get stunning views across the Sierras like this one.

When Ken and I arrived in Spain we decided to try a bit of yoga first thing in the morning. Picture the scene: it's a brighy sunny winter morning, we're in our tracksuits.

You'd never believe that this image is in the middle of winter. Not the dreary winter's days I am used to in the UK.

This is where I will be writing the last edits of The Grotto's Secret.

Dexter has always loved slippers, socks and shoes as you can see in his blog,

At it again. Dexter loves all things little and soft and chewy. From a pup, he has gone after shoes. Many a time we had visitors and their shoes would go missing.

Moving to Spain fulfilled my lifelong dream to write full time.

Living In The Spanish Mountains has its ups and downs. Sorry, that just came out, I didn't plan it ...

In the stunning view we have in our new Spanish home, far in the distance I can see this heart shaped mountain.

When it was just Ken and I alone, our three sons all living on their own, I'd get up well before the crack of dawn and start my writing day. I loved the peace and quiet settling over the house.

Caught red-handed yet again. But this time Dexter has gone from socks and slippers and stealing grandma's tights to the big stuff. Hiking Boots!

By the time it came to doing my conspiracy thriller book trailer for The Grotto's Secret,

When I was thinking of an idea of how to frighten my main character in my conspiracy suspense thriller, The Grotto's Secret, with something terrible the villain does to her family, I came up with t

Along with the Castor Oil Plant, the Oleander is the most deadly plant in the world.

Here are some popular means of packing up your book to go in medieval times, including the precursor of our modern tablet sleeve.

Cueva del Gato, near Benojan, in Ronda right in the heart of beautiful Andalucia is one of the caves that inspired

In The Grotto's Secret conspiracy suspense thriller, I imagine my medieval character to be as beautiful

Nicolas Culpeper' Complete Herbal

Remember that horrid thick medicine you were spoon-fed as a child to keep you healthy? Read on to find out just how poisonous the castor oil plant is and you will be shocked!