This book, Out of Touch, by debut author, Haleh Agar, has rocketed up my own 2020 Book Favourites List. This book is so good it needs to be shouted about. Out of Touch was published at the start of April and in light of everything that’s happening we need to shout a little louder about […]
I love books which not only contain a good story but also carry some valuable life lessons. This book surprised me. It wasn’t what I expected at all. I knew I would get a funny romance with a gin theme, but I didn’t think I would get an uplifting story of reinvention, self discovery and […]
I loved Sandy’s first book, One Summer in Santorini and I didn’t think she’d beat that in terms of reader enjoyment but…I was wrong. Oh my goodness – That Night in Paris is now my favourite (sorry Sandy x). On this blog I like to create new lingo so I think the phrase – ‘I’m going […]
I am so honoured to be part of this blog tour. This book series is FABULOUS. Book 1 made me tweet Nicola May like mad and book 2 made me miss my London tube station. I am so glad my friend once said to me, “have you read any of Nicola May’s books?” It was […]
I have such a treat for all you romance writers! Author Lucy Keeling is here to talk to us about writing naughty scenes in romance novels. I have to say I avoided them in my novel, Instructions For Falling In Love Again, because all my saucy scenes had the cringe factor. After writing one I […]
It has been a few weeks since I have done a book review. It has done me good to have a break so here I am – bright eyed and bushy tailed. I was drawn to this book, A Train From Penzance to Paris,’ by its pretty cover. My book loving heart swelled at the […]
I’ve had my share of tough writing times. I’ve experienced rejection, written blog posts about my creativity drying up, moaned about my writing, cried about my writing, had sleepless nights about crater-sized plot holes, written lengthy emails to writing friends about my troubling procrastination levels and filled out lots of diary pages about writing failures. […]
I couldn’t resist this joining in with this book cover reveal. What we need right now are beautiful book covers! The world might be descending into chaos but we still have books! ❤️ I love the sound of this from Samantha. Here’s a look at the new gorgeous cover of Samantha Tonge’s new book – […]
I have such a wonderful guest blog post for you written by soon to be a debut author Rebecca Duval. This is such a brave thing to write about and I’m so pleased she’s chosen to share it with us. Over to you, Rebecca. Hello. This is not a blog post I ever imagined myself […]
I love this question – how’s your book coming along? My reaction to this simple question can change daily, sometimes hourly. Here are 10 different writer reactions to that question. They are a mixture of some of the reactions I have overheard during my time as a writer and my own. I will let you […]