Gosh, what a roller-coaster of a ride I've been on since Murder Among the Roses was released last month. It started with a blog tour and the book shot up to No 1 in Noir Crime on Amazon with a lovely Bestseller flag. And it was a "Hot New Release" surrounded by Richard Osman. And …
Promoting a new book…
...or a new genre! With a new book - in a new genre - I have written a blog on the Liberta Books blog on a subject very close to every author's heart. Here's a quote from the latest issue of The Bookseller, which sets out the problem -- “One of my first bosses in …
The reviews are in!
What a week! My goodness it has been the most exciting week. Having changed direction, writing crime rather than romance, I didn't know what to expect, but it has been incredible. Number 1 in Noir Crime in the US! It started with the gorgeous video from Joffe, my publisher. That moment when the rose crumples... goosebumps! …
Release Day!
It's finally here! It has been a long journey since I made the decision to write the crime novel, my book of the heart, that had been in my head for many years. I had to look back at my files to find out exactly when I started and was quite shocked to discover that …
Do you review?
It's getting exciting! The pre-order links are live on Amazon, the book is up on Netgalley and the reviews are starting to come in on Goodreads! If you're a reviewer, get in touch and I'll sort out an ARC for you. Reviews Everyone knows that it's a mistake to read your reviews, but I stumbled …
My big news…
The Maybridge Mysteries I've had to hang onto this news for months while my new publisher, Joffe Books, put together a title and cover for the first of my Maybridge Mysteries. It's set in the ancient fictional Cotswold town of Maybridge, which many of my regular readers will know, and features garden designer and very …
What do writers do when they’re not writing?
Well, obviously they do all the things that other people do. They cook, they clean, they go shopping and they watch television. Tangled plots are frequently unravelled over an ironing board. The contents of the cleaning cupboard can provide ideas for murder. And television documentaries are an endless source of ideas. My next book, published …
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Writing Craft
I've been adding On Writing pages to my blog so that new writers, any writers, can read what I've had to say about writing over the years. Most of it is instilled in my Little Book of Writing Romance, but the latest, Blending Humour with Emotion isn't there. The links are at the top in …