Books, getting published, Musings, The Second Love Of My Life, The Summer I Met You, Writing

Journey to publication (part 5)

   It's all starting to get rather exciting! The short story prequel to the novel The Summer I Met You was released two weeks ago and I've been thrilled with the response it's had! There have been some lovely reviews already (I've linked to a few on the TSIMY page so please have a read) and… Continue reading Journey to publication (part 5)

Books, Fiction, getting published, The Second Love Of My Life, The Summer I Met You

Journey to publication (part 4)

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)

Books, cover reveal, romance, The Second Love Of My Life, The Summer I Met You

Judging a book by its cover

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

Books, Fiction, Musings, The Second Love Of My Life, Writing

Journey to Publication (part 2)

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)

Books, Fiction, Personal, The Second Love Of My Life, Writing

Journey to Publication (part 1)

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)

Achievements, Fiction, News, The Second Love Of My Life, Writing

The Second Love Of My Life

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