The Adventures of a Blonde Writer
This feel-good book, The Corner Shop In Cockleberry Bay, got me through a weekend away with three hormonal teenage girls and one ten year old girl (two were mine and the other two were my sister’s kids). Good books get you through stressful times. On a night, in our small budget hotel room, when the […]
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Since November I have worked on several stories where the main character or characters decide to reinvent themselves. They have all battled their way through: – something they wanted to happen, or, – something that happens to them, that maybe they did not expect. During my stories all these characters consciously or unconsciously pressed the […]
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I was busy enjoying a lengthy blog book review break and then I read this! The blog book review itch returned minutes after I finished Rachel Burton’s The Pieces of You and Me. No matter how hard I tried to make the book review itch go away (listening to whale music, relaxing in a cool […]
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Welcome to my weekly diary which records the emotional highs and lows from my writing life. I have not been well this week. For noting, readers – never make fun of your beloved when they have a bad cold. Don’t joke about man flu. I did this with my other half and I ended up […]
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She’s back! Roxy Collins and her diary entries have returned for a third series. Before I kick off with Roxy’s latest diary entry, here’s a quick Q&A for new readers and a much-needed refresh for Roxy fans.
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Bit of a mixed bag this week, so I thought I would imagine us having a coffee and talking about writing. Obviously I would ask you how your writing is going first, before launching into a lengthy account (complete with hand actions, dramatic hair flicks and eye rolls) about how I am doing creatively. Here’s […]
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I have always been mad about books. My relationship with books has never faltered or deteriorated. Books get me and I get them. Up until last week I thought my passionate feelings for books had reached their limit. I didn’t think there was another level to my book love. Well, I was wrong.
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When I eventually do the unthinkable and publish my book, I hope my readers can tell I had a lot of fun writing it. As a reader myself, I can sense if an author has enjoyed writing their story, because the reading experience is electrified. Everything comes alive and I believe author enjoyment is one […]
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Check out this fabulous book from SarahJane Ford. It has been added to my To Be Read Pile and I can’t wait to dive in. 𝗔 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀. 𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲-𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗔 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁. Alice Richards looked forward to watching the seeds of love she and her husband […]
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*Alert* The main character of this book, Barnabas Tew, has stolen my heart. In terms of fictional character crushes I never thought I would fall for a hopeless Victorian detective. I also never thought I would enjoy reading a mystery novel as much as I did with this one, so it has already broken boundaries with […]
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