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Do you Judge a Book by its Cover?
I am a writer but I am also an avid reader. On FB, I have joined The Historical Fiction Club, as well as Historical Fiction Book Lovers, not to mention quite a few crime sites such as UK Crime Book Club. In the past year, I have read in many genres, books such as Pulitzer…
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The Just-About-Managing
From the earliest verbal stories to the most sophisticated prize winning novels, humans are obsessed with stories about people who have made money or lost money. Cinderella married money. Oh how we love a Cinderella story! Oscar Wilde’s Happy Prince redeemed himself through losing everything. The noble sacrifice. But what about the JAMs? Personally, I…
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Dry January needn’t be Dull
I read Cathy Adams’ article article in the Sunday Times (29th Jan 2023) with interest. I recommend it to all who have done a dry January. She loves alcohol and drinks to reward herself at the end of a stressful day. Who doesn’t? But she found the month difficult. I also embarked on a dry…
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Downton Abbey, The American version?
Novelists are often asked to compare their novels to others so that readers can decide if they want to read the book. So let me put my hands up now…. My novel, Daisy Chain, is not lofty literature, although it has won some awards from Page Turner and the Historical Fiction Company. Nor is it…
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Anthology Coffee Shop, Detroit
The phrase ‘only in America’ is often cited in England, but what about ‘Only in Detroit’? Detroit is a fabulous city, totally changed from its historic reputation of a press of people and a car manufacturing industrial hub. Now it is home to many entrepreneurs, some of whom have set up individual coffee shops. Today…
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The Page Turner Awards
I’ve won an award! I can hardly believe it. My heart hasn’t stopped racing since the awards ceremony. Many novels become successful without awards, but for a new author starting out, a prize is equivalent to a case of famous champagne and a bowl of best caviar and truffles, with the Ritz thrown in. It’s…
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ELEANOR MILLS & NOON
Eleanor has spent the last 25 years as an Editor at The Sunday Times where she started as the paper’s main interviewer. Over the years she’s interrogated everyone from Mikhail Gorbachev to the Dalai Lama, Sheryl Sandberg to Theresa May and Dawn French Currently, Eleanor Mills is launching a campaign, supported by Carolyn Harris, MP…
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To write or not to write….
Everyone has a book inside them. That’s the popular maxim. So should you or should you not, write that novel? Please see advice below…. If you – like most of us – suffer from crises of confidence and wonder whether your novel is worth writing, then I want to give you a sense of balance.…
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For the love of Opera
On Saturday 16th September, I went to London for the launch of Julie Anderson’s latest book entitled OPERA. It is the third in a series about investigator Cassandra Fortune. What sets Julie’s series apart from others in the crime genre is the amazing behind-the-scenes detail of Parliament and the Palace of Westminster. You get the…
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Booker – What’s in a prize winner?
I wonder if you – like me – have sometimes looked at prize winning novels and thought they lacked a certain something. Weak plot? Overly dense prose? Niche subject matter? Well, put aside such doubts. Great Circle is a corker of a novel. Those niggling doubts are the reason I don’t always rush out to…
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