Lucy Mitchell – romance author – book blogger
When is the right time to disturb a book lover? Interrupting a reader at the wrong time can lead to: An uncomfortable atmosphere. A glare. A snarl. Muttering under the breath. An angry outburst. Bad thoughts about you forming inside the reader’s head. Danger. Don’t panic because I have some advice: If you spot any […]
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This book made me pencil in a romantic date night with my beloved. Not many books make me do this. As a forty-something mother of teens, who is juggling two careers, four pets, a blog, an obsession with reading romance books and fluctuating hormones – unexpected date nights are a rarity. I read this book […]
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When I saw readers referring to themselves as Kelkoholics, I knew I had to experience a Lindsey Kelk novel for myself. I love being a fan of someone fabulous and also a fan of someone who originates from the North of England (Lindsey was brought up in Doncaster and I was raised in Leeds). Okay so I […]
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I am writing this review of How To Make Time For Me and feeling like Callie, the main character, from this fabulous book. Upstairs I can hear the din of an epic teenage row, I am exhausted and my dog is looking rather pained; like the dog, Bodger, in the book, my dog’s expressions are […]
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Welcome to my virtual blog party! After 3 years and 6 months of blood, sweat, tears, endless cups of coffee, 12 drafts, 5 rewrites, many hours spent at the kitchen table, countless time spent gazing out of the window daydreaming, loads of sweaty author nightmares, millions of texts and emails to writers friends, a mind […]
Read MoreThe creative process for producing any kind of art is both magical and messy. It doesn’t matter whether you paint, draw, play an instrument or write, your art will sometimes surprise and delight you and other times it will cause mess. The following moments are what I call messy for writers: A draft full of […]
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This book of modern day poems did something miraculous: it made me start reading poetry. It is safe to say that up until this point I was a poetry virgin. Can you believe this? At forty-five years young I had not properly experienced poetry. Everyone around me was raving about the delights of poetry, how […]
Read MoreOne of the many things I love about social media is accidentally stumbling across an inspirational creative person. This normally occurs when you are feeling a little blue or feeling a bit down. The universe nudges you in the direction of this special person because it feels you could benefit from some of this person’s […]
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I have been blogging for about three years and one of the reasons why I am still doing it is because for me, every blogging day is different. I never know which posts are going to do well and which ones are going to tank. I can’t predict who will read my posts because different […]
Read MoreMy recent post titled 35 Things You Don’t See When You Buy a Book proved popular, so I thought I would see if I could come up with a similar list for blog posts. A lot of time, effort and creative suffering can go into the production of a blog post, which sadly the blog […]
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