Exciting times, so much is happening. So I wanted to share a quick update with you. Book #3 ‘After the Light, After the Love’ is at the moment being proofed and is very nearly ready for release. The pre-orders are stacking up and I’m hoping you will enjoy it as much as the other two […]
Summer is drawing to an end, book 3 ‘After The Light, After The Love’ is on schedule, I am just waiting for my cover to come back to me before the final proof read commences. So what do I do whilst I wait? I write of course. A new book is taking shape, slowly but […]
Why do we choose to write, it’s not easy or glamorous, it eats our time and makes our families suddenly have to fend for themselves as we’re wrapped up in grammar, spelling, research, formatting, design, graphics, publicity and accountancy. We tie ourselves into a fantasy world and push away reality… why? It’s hard work, I […]
Up early and on with the final read through of book 3 (Yes, yes I know… the title? I’m getting there). It’s lovely to get to this stage, I get to start thinking about cover designs and release dates. But… I have spent most of my morning agonising over a comma! Yes, 75k words, ten […]
I was just curious as to how many drafts of a novel people did before they were happy with their work and I was really surprised when I asked authors and had a look around online. The majority of people say they do two drafts of their work, that really surprised me as I do way […]
This may seem like a very obvious post but you’d be surprised how many writers who pay to use proofreaders don’t use the basic tools available to them for FREE. We all know a good proofreader is worth their weight in gold and should be used but you can cut down the amount of work […]
‘Pictures Of Deceit’ is back from my proofreader and all was well, minimal changes, I was a very happy author, then I made the mistake of re-reading it…. so now I’m having a meltdown, what I was hoping to have released by the end of July may end up being a mid Sept release! It […]
My proofreader hasn’t got back to me yet I can only guess at the amount of work she’s taken on, I wait with trepidation. Meanwhile I find myself setting the scene for my third book, I genuinely thought it would be tough to get another one done, no ideas, zilch, nothing. Today my pen lept […]
My manuscript is in for proofreading and my nerves are in tatters, I loved it but will it be good enough? The self doubt imps keep tunnelling into my brain. Why has it gone so quiet, a scarey moment in every authors life. So I wait. .. I know it all takes time and every […]
My proofreaders are hard at work, one on ‘Pictures Of Deceit’ And the rest on the new selection of short stories that should be available on Kindle very soon. Here’s the latest review for ‘The community‘ no name attached but thank you whoever you are. Fantastic spell binding and the best book out there. Loved […]
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