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I'm so excited that today my eBook short story THE SUMMER I MET YOU is now available to download hurrah!! This story is a prequel to my forthcoming novel THE SECOND LOVE OF MY LIFE (Out April 7th) and follows two characters from the novel Emma and John and their summer romance. Can a summer… Continue reading The Summer I Met You release day!!
I have had lots of questions from lovely family and friends about how best they can support my book when it's published, and books in general! So I thought I would write a blog post to help everyone spread the word about books they have loved. Buy, Buy, Buy!! Obviously the main way you can… Continue reading How can I support a book?
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 magazine as one of the books of the year to look out for. To say I was over… Continue reading Journey to publication (part 4)
For the first time in 2015 I decided to list all the books I read each month and pick my favourite one. It was really interesting keeping track of what I was reading and has provided me a list of my twelve favourite books of the year. Looking at the twelve confirms that I… Continue reading 2015 – a year in books
In the last part of my journey, I had sent back copy edits on The Second Love Of My Life to my publisher and that meant the next step was page proofs! This means the manuscript is typeset to how it will look as a book but on paper for me to go through and… Continue reading Journey to publication (part 3)
We all do it, don't we? In the visual world we live in where we watch screens for way too many hours a day, we are programmed to respond to visuals which catch our eye. It's the same with a book cover - it needs to catch your eye in the bookshop, online or in… Continue reading Judging a book by its cover
Since we last caught up with my journey I have been working on copy edits for my novel The Second Love Of My Life. I've just sent them back to my publisher Headline. The edits pretty much focused on grammar mistakes, spelling, repetition of words and making sure each sentence flowed correctly with commas and… Continue reading Journey to Publication (part 2)
I saw this quote online and I just loved it instantly. I remember how hard it was to start telling people that I was writer who was writing a novel and who wanted to have it published one day. I remember the fear that came with declaring myself to people I know and then people… Continue reading I AM A WRITER
One of the most important parts to any novel is its setting - when and where does your story take place? Location can become a character in your novel, it can add drama or romance or stillness to a scene, it gives your characters a place to be and can create plot points as well… Continue reading A novel setting
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 arriving on shelves so I thought I would do a series of posts to explain the journey, and… Continue reading Journey to Publication (part 1)
Victoria Walters 