I just wanted to share with you all The Second Love Of My Life eBook price has been slashed to a bargainous 99p hurrah! Amazon: http://amzn.to/21KBvJp iBooks: https://itun.es/gb/j_Ex7.l Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/the-second-love-of-my-life?sp_AC=1 I would love to hit 100 reviews on Amazon, and am planning a giveaway to celebrate when we do, so if you have read… Continue reading Summer Sale
Author: Victoria-writes
Books read January – June 2016
Last year I listed all the books I read each month and picked my favourite but this year I've failed miserably to keep track on here what I've read! So, instead I'm going to look back at the books I've read in the first half of the year and will do the same in December… Continue reading Books read January – June 2016
“The End”
I finished writing my new book this week. I took a photo of the words "the end" to celebrate this fact but, of course, this was a complete lie. Until a book appears on the shelves, there will be constant editing, tweaking and proof-reading to try to make it the best it can be.… Continue reading “The End”
My Favourite Feel-good Fiction
When you are nervous to switch on the news because the whole world seems to be descending into chaos, fiction becomes an escape route, you get to enter into different worlds from your own and lose yourself in someone else's story which naturally has a happy ending. We could all probably do with a bit… Continue reading My Favourite Feel-good Fiction
How to write 10,000 words in a day
This week, I started writing a new book. The idea has been brewing for a little bit and I was keen to start getting it down on paper. It turned out I was really keen as I've managed to write 20,000 words in two days - 10,000 each day. When I revealed my word count… Continue reading How to write 10,000 words in a day
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 ... A review in a national newspaper! The Daily Mail ... Magazine reviews ... … Continue reading One month on
On being published
The question I keep being asked is "how does it feel now that your book is published?" So I am going to attempt to put the feeling into words. It's exciting and wonderful. It's a dream come true. It's terrifying. It's nerve wracking. It's surreal. It's like pulling out your heart and sticking it on… Continue reading On being published
Top Five Writing Tips
Time for a new video on my YouTube channel! Today I'm taking about my writing tips. I keep being asked for them so I thought it would be fun to film me talking through my top five tips. 1 - Write your way 2 - Read 3 - Keep going 4 - Get feedback… Continue reading Top Five Writing Tips
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 Traflagar Square: It was so surreal and wonderful to see my book in Waterstones as a bookseller… Continue reading TSLOML book hunt
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 support during my journey to get published and toast the book on its way out into… Continue reading The Second Love Of My Life Launch Party