This past weekend, I got the wonderful experience of attending a poetry workshop, hosted in an independent bookshop, The Berwyn Bookshop, in North Wales. The wonderful poet, who goes by the pen name of Lowrey E Gray, was interviewed in an independent bookshop in North Wales. A Special Reconnection While the poetry workshop would be my cup of tea anyway, it was incredibly special because the poet also happened to be my former GCSE English teacher (when I was 15-16, to
Hi everyone, this week I’m reviewing The Last Act by Deborah Klee. Needless to say I really enjoyed this book, but before I get into the review, here’s a blurb to give you a flavour: The Last Act – The Blurb It is 1980 and Jojo Evans is living the dream. Perfect job, perfect man, perfect life – but is it all an illusion?Jojo doesn’t think so – she cannot believe her good fortune, working as magician’s assistant to her charismatic boyfriend, The
Hi everyone, this week I’m thinking about planning a book launch. It’s quite timely for me, since my third novel The Reckoning of Rheged is coming out on 29th June! (So excited! Why not start The Boy from the Snow, book one in the series today?) We had a great discussion about book launches at #FriSalon, a weekly writing chat 5group. There’s a lot that is involved in launching a novel, so I thought I’d share some thoughts. 1. Plan your
Hi everyone, this week on the blog, I’m reviewing The Living Stone by Niamh Schmid. I absolutely loved this book, the latest installment in the TetraWorld series by the fab writing sisters-in-law duo Niamh and Rebecca Schmid. More about my thoughts in a moment, but first here’s the blurb to give you a flavour of the book: The Living Stone – the blurb Exhausted, disheartened, and defeated, Baey and her companions have somehow managed to make it to Alkemar…. Now an
Hey everyone, this week on the blog I thought I’d talk about writing a new blurb. If you follow/interact with me on social media, you might have noticed me launch a new blurb for my first historical fiction novel, The Boy from the Snow. I thought I’d talk a bit more about blurbs in general and why I decided to rewrite my blurb in particular. First of all, without further ado, here’s my shiny new blurb! You can watch this trailer
This week on the blog, I’m reviewing In Solitude’s Shadow, a dark fantasy by David Green. The Blurb Zanna Alpenwood, a powerful mage, stands atop Solitude’s walls staring down at an army bent on invasion. Two hundred aged and forgotten Sparkers are all that stand between the Banished and the nation of Haltveldt. With time running out, Zanna is forced to reach out to her estranged daughter, Calene, and set her on an impossible quest. In doing so Calene must decide