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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
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
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
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
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
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
It's the 7th April which means The Second Love Of My Life is officially released! In the UK and Australia anyway. Sorry to the rest of the world - maybe one day for you guys too if publishers want it. But for the rest of us we're like: I first sent a manuscript to an… Continue reading The Second Love Of My Life release day!!!!
Guys - the novel is out tomorrow!!! I can't believe it. It has been such a long journey and now we're finally here. To celebrate I thought it was the perfect opportunity to share the playlist for the book with you all and then you can listen as you read along if you like. The… Continue reading The Second Love Of My Life playlist
I can't believe The Second Love Of My Life is officially released this week in the UK!! To celebrate I'm kicking off a competition and I'd love you guys to enter too. Share your photos on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #TSLOMLbookhunt!! The book is already being spotted although official pub date is… Continue reading Release week competition!
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 book with my name on! I have two exciting pieces of news to share. Firstly, I… Continue reading Journey to publication (part 7)
