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My writing story
Danielle over at http://ahappypeach.wordpress.com/ made a comment on yesterday’s post asking about the book I briefly mentioned I had written. I am going to oblige and use today’s post to answer her....
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I’m a celebrity so I write books
I read the news that British TV presenter Tess Dahly (Strictly come Dancing) has been given a fiction book deal with a sigh. The trend for celeb fiction writing is growing and that seems to spell...
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2nd time lucky?
It’s been a bit of a freak weekend over here weather. Hot sunshine in October?! Very weird indeed. Just when I was ready for boots, I had to get out my crops again. Despite the warmth, I managed to...
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Attracting an agent
Searching for an agent to take on your manuscript and turn you into a published author is a bit like internet dating. You search online, try and find one that matches your tastes and who you might have...
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Crashing through a crisis of confidence
As you know for the past few days, I have been feeling a bit down and lacking in self confidence, convincing myself I won’t be able to succeed with my writing. Over the last couple of days though, I...
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3 words
No, not “I love you” but “I’m a writer“. Ok, I cheated a bit there But actually to say the words out loud that you’re a writer can be just as scary and significant. When I started this blog almost a...
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Sometimes one word says it all
I stumbled on this picture yesterday and was wowed by it. Firstly, it really sums up what’s driving me at the moment. Edging into stalking territory (!) as I read up on how other writers “made it”,...
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Limbo Land
I think the biggest obstacle with non-writers when talking to a writer is understanding how publishing works. And it’s completely fair enough – until I started looking into how to get published, I...
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Journey to Publication (part 1)
My debut novel The Second Love Of My Life will be published in April 2016. I think people who have no experience of publishing can’t believe it takes so long from signing a book deal to the book...
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The literary agent question
In my Journey To Publication post I asked if anyone had any questions about the publishing process and I would try to answer them in a future post. I was asked what was the first step I took to find a...
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Journey to publication (part 4)
We are now in publication year hurrah!! We are getting very close now guys *nervous excited nervous excited face* 2016 started on a really high note as The Second Love Of My Life was featured in Heat...
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Journey to publication (part 5)
It’s all starting to get rather exciting! The short story prequel to the novel The Summer I Met You was released two weeks ago and I’ve been thrilled with the response it’s had! There have been some...
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Meet the editor: Interview with Emily Griffin
To celebrate the fact that one month today The Second Love Of My Life will be published, I have invited my editor Headline’s Emily Griffin to talk to us about what being an editor is all about! You are...
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Journey to Publication (part 6)
There is just THREE weeks until the official publication date of 7 April. The Second Love Of My Life is almost here!!! I received a box of author copies last week. Look how gorgeous they are: To mark...
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Journey to publication (part 7)
The Second Love Of My Life is released next week! I can’t believe how close we are to publication. I am excited and terrified and it feels surreal and a little it crazy that people can finally buy a...
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The Second Love Of My Life Launch Party
It was wonderful to launch the publication of my debut novel The Second Love Of My Life at the Waterstones store I work in. The evening was a chance to thank all my family and friends for their...
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TSLOML book hunt
This weekend I hit London with my lovely booktuber friend George Lester. We searched for my book The Second Love Of My Life in all the bookshops and I signed all the copies I could find! Waterstones...
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One month on
Wow how has it been a month since my novel was published?! It’s all been a whirlwind and I’ve neglected to share some of the fab things that have happened on here. Appearing in my local newspapers …...
View ArticleThe Worried Writer Ep#42: Victoria Walters ‘There Was A Lot of Rejection’ —...
My guest today is author and blogger, Victoria Walters. Her debut novel, The Second Love of my Life, saw Victoria labeled an ‘Amazon Rising Star’ and was called ‘Brilliant and superior women’s fiction’...
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When I discovered that Isabelle Broom, Lisa Dickenson and I were all releasing our latest novels one week today, I thought I would seize the opportunity to put together a Q and A with the three of us....
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