Lucy Mitchell – romance author – book blogger
Ever since I published Instructions for Falling in Love Again I have struggled to find my way back to writing. Soon after my debut novel launched I threw myself into my second book; working title Heartbreak Cafe. This is a story which has been through six drafts and the Romantic Novelists New Writers Scheme. I had […]
Read MoreIf we were having coffee together… You would be forced to listen to my experience of being filmed earlier this week and how afterwards I ran all the way home to hide under my bed. There would be a lot of huffing and puffing from my side of the coffee table. You would be expected […]
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This post is based on my learnings from writing my debut romcom; Instructions For Falling In Love Again, everything I gleaned from working with two editors and reading a ton of contemporary romcom books featuring fictional friendships through my book blogging. I am going to be honest here. Until I started working with my editors, […]
Read MoreI can happily promote a blog post, but the idea of shouting about a book that I have written SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME! Below is me in cat form being told I will need to promote my book. Book promotion feels like a different ball game to me. Now, before I begin this […]
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Before I start my post I want to say that publishing my first book has been a HUGE learning experience for me. There have been positives and negatives. There are things I will do again and there are things I will avoid doing next time. I did concentrate heavily on my book, actually I will […]
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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 […]
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Two things have happened this week. An old plastic bag unearthed itself at the bottom of my garden. At the time I was inspecting a hole in the fence which my dog had made. Po, my dog, was busying explaining in dog language, a complicated series of barks, woofs and whines, how he was using […]
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Welcome to my blog party to celebrate the book cover reveal of my debut romcom novel, Instructions For Falling In Love Again. Thanks for coming. I LOVE your virtual party outfit – wow – you look great! My goodness you do scrub up well. Hang on, didn’t you get the party brief about NOT outshining 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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Welcome to my writing diary, a weekly blog post where I record the emotional highs and lows from my creative life. Important News I have set my book launch date for Sunday 30 June 2019. My romantic comedy, ‘Instructions For Falling In Love Again’ is coming! Looking forward to introducing you to Pippa, Dan and […]
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