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Those of you who read my Publication Update From a Terrified Author will be familiar with my journey to publication. If you didn’t, go there now. It’s okay, we’ll wait. *Taps fingers* *Answers the call...
View ArticleIt’s a Mum-derful Life
You may think the invisibility cloak is an object that was dreamed up by JK Rowling in a small coffee shop in Edinburgh. Think again. For I, dear reader, have at least half a dozen of these in my...
View ArticleUpdate From a Slightly Less Terrified Author
For those that have been following my progress, I have news. About a month ago I left my agent – a most amicable parting – and decided to go it alone again. I won’t go into my reasons here, but will...
View ArticleLaughing inappropriately and Other Guilty Confessions
I spied a Twitter profile today which said, ‘laughs inappropriately. Even at funerals.’ At first I was outraged… and then I remembered I have done this. Before you click away from here, let me attempt...
View ArticleThe Rollercoaster – 29,000 Downloads Later
Remember this scene from the 1980’s comedy film, Parenthood? If you follow my progress you will know two significant things have happened to me lately: 1) I left my agent and found my novel, ‘The New...
View ArticleAuthors: Don’t Be a Bloody Statistic
There are people that are writing in the hope of getting rich, and there are people that are writing for the love of the craft. I would firmly plant myself between these two extremes. I suspect that...
View ArticleBook Marketing Tactics You May NOT Have Considered
I’d like to apologise in advance because this is a MUCH longer blog post than I usually prefer. I don’t know about you, but I like the kind of blog I can jump in and out of, coming away with my will to...
View ArticleTo World Book Day, Waterstones and Being Delusional
For what seems like my entire life, the gift I have loved to receive far and above anything else has been a shiny, new, book-smelly, book. And none more so than a hardback – a pleasure I can’t often...
View ArticleChick Lit Books – An Open Letter To Real Book Lovers
Lucy Kelson: George, I think you are the most selfish human being on the planet. George Wade: Well that’s just silly. Have you met everybody on the planet? – ‘Two Weeks Notice’. This weekend I had my...
View ArticleFeel The Fear… and Write it Anyway
When you want something; really, really want something, where do you begin in getting close to it? My own answer: “Build it, and they will come.” I live in a beautiful, rented house in Scotland which...
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