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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)
I'm so excited to announce that my debut novel THE SECOND LOVE OF MY LIFE will be published by Headline in April 2016! It's great to finally be able to share the news with you guys, I've been sitting on it for a while now as we came up with the perfect title for the novel… Continue reading The Second Love Of My Life
Dancing in the Fire is a week old! I have been so excited to see people discussing the story and so grateful for the lovely messages and reviews it's had. Thank you to everyone who has read it and said such lovely things about it. Here are my favourite quotes from the reviews: “Equal parts… Continue reading One week of Dancing in the Fire
Can't quite believe that today I have become a published author! YAY! *runs around* *trips and falls over* Dancing in the Fire can be downloaded and read right NOW. (All the links you need are at the end of this post!) This is how I'm feeling in gifs: But I am at the party hurrah!… Continue reading Dancing in the Fire release day!
Writing a short story is very different to writing a novel. It's something that I haven't tried a lot of because my focus has always been on longer pieces of writing but I enjoyed writing Dancing in the Fire. A short story allows you to get straight into the story - there is no space for heavy… Continue reading Penning a short story
