by Ruby Cowling I felt a sudden jab in my heel, and I hopped over, sat down and pulled off my shoe. An emerald the size of a hornet was rolling around inside. It shone from the inside and it smelt like limes. by Sara Crowley Claire has decided there will be no more of that nicey nice. No "Would you like a drink?" No smile.These people coming into her house uninvited. Sort of uninvited. Assessing. Judging more like. Be Drinking This Evening by Dan Purdue. "The moment when there seems a real chance the two of them might just drift gently away from the rest of the world. Because as magical as that time is, it isn't worth the emptiness." Liz Fenwick's debut novel 'The Cornish House' has been a summer hit, recently going into its third edition. Congratulations Liz, expat author who lives between Dubai, London and Cornwall, and is preparing for publication of her second novel 'A Cornish Affair'! Liz, what has been the toughest moment on your road to publication? Those moments when you are so close, the rejection in your hand so glowing and they still said no.......It's then when you bash your head against the wall and wonder what you are missing. And the highest point so far? That has to be when a reader sought me out at a signing to hug me because she had loved the book so much. It was such a humbling experience. 'The Cornish House' has a gentle,