Hello everyone! If you’d like a review copy of The Postcard in exchange for a short honest review (I think people think they need to write an essay but a two line review can be helpful for readers when deciding) please let me know! Just send me a mail, tweet me, or pop your address in the…
Hello everyone! Exciting news! My first novella, The Postcard a magical ghost story set in Cornwall, during Christmas time will be released this week! I will do an update with the exact date as soon as it’s live on Amazon. But as a sort of sneak peak, I thought I would share with you all the…
So yesterday the incredibly talented and fabulous designer and illustrator Tanya Bezuidenhout, of The Tin Can Studio, who just happens to be a great friend (yes, I am that lucky) sent me the cover for The Postcard. We’d been working on the draft for a couple of days, playing around with different ideas including using an actual…
I have this little chalkboard on my desk where I’ve written the word Believe. It’s about giving myself over to the magic of writing, and trusting that when I sit down to write everyday, the magic will come. Elizabeth Gilbert wrote a while ago that her first novel was the hardest thing she ever wrote, that the words…
I’m very excited to feature, bestselling author Cathy Bramley on the blog today. Reading her books, is like being wrapped up in a blanket on a chilly afternoon, while someone lovely brings you a cup of cocoa … Cathy is the author of Conditional Love, Ivy Lane, a serialised novel told in four parts. (Ivy Lane Winter was…
Read more An interview with the queen of the feel-good read Cathy Bramley
Here is an extract from my forthcoming short novel, a magical ghost story set in Cornwall. The Postcard *** It’s only when I make to close the desk that I see it; a paper triangle peeking out from the metal arm. It’s tightly wedged, but after some wiggling I manage to pry it loose, only in…
Bestselling romantic comedy author Jan Ellis, writes fun and fabulous eBooks for grown-ups, such as An Unexpected Affair and French Kisses. While I’m quite sure I’ve never met a real ‘grown-up’ before … I’ve enjoyed getting to know Jan and her lovely writing as well as her great sense of humour, and I hope you will too. Meet the…
Read more Romantic comedy for grown-ups? An interview with bestselling author Jan Ellis
I have a writing room. It’s a beautiful space, filled with a large dining room table that I distressed myself to a light shabby chic French grey. My chair is a Queen Anne antique that I picked up for a song, and lining my walls are stacks of my favourite books. But I never write here.…
I’m very excited to be taking part in NaNoWrimo this year. After spending the past six months finishing a novel; and years attempting to do that before, the idea of writing a novel in 30 days is, well, thrilling. Seriously. And quite uncharacteristically my second novel Glimpse has an outline, an actual 3000 word long…
Read more NaNoWriMo, outlines, and finally: the title for my first book
I have a new respect for copy editors. I really, truly do. I now understand just how annoying it is when you have to undo over 4000 versions of the ‘yob’s comma’ as termed by Lynne Truss, author of Eats, shoots & leaves, because it serves no purpose whatsoever and thus makes you, a yob. I’ve…
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