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I'm preparing for my talk, the Pink Ladies Lunch, tomorrow at The Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane, London. No, it's not a Barbara Cartland fan convention but a networking lunch amongst businesswomen in aid of the charity, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, organised by Business Consort. You can find details of all their events at http://www.aurora-marketing.com/events_courses.php?region_id=5 . I 'll be talking about my crime novels, my career and my business books. The audience are all business women who use the lunch not only to relax away from the workplace for a couple of hours, but to also make new contacts and hopefully do a bit of business together in the future. As the saying goes, 'It's not what you know, but who you know'. When I ran my Marketing, Training and PR company networking was an important part of winning new clients and now that I am a full-time writer and guest speaker it's no different. Networking sometimes gives me new ideas for my crime a...

I have just returned from the Women Into Business conference, which was a great success. Seventy women turned up across all age ranges some who were already running businesses and others who were about to start, or were thinking of running their own business. It was a very inspiring morning with speakers including yours truly; Rachel Lowe, Managing Director of RTL Games, who spoke about her struggle to start her board games company and who is now extremely successful, and Sam McArthur of Forty-First , an Internet Marketing Consultant, who talked about e newsletters and the Internet. There were also speakers from Havant Borough Council and Business Link, who organised and sponsored the event. I was delighted to talk to so many of the women there and pass on any tips and advice about marketing and building a business. And I was thrilled that so many bought my motivational books and my crime and thriller novels. Thank you very much. It was a great networking opportunity and a pleasure t...