As it's Indie Author Week this week, and I've now been self-publishing for just over 6 years, here are some thoughts on what it's like to be an independent author. Before I start, two things: What follows is drawn from my own experience - I'm not saying it will be the same for everyone who …
This year seems to have gone both quickly and slowly. Somehow, the whole family has managed to stay Covid-free (I ought to cross my fingers but it's quite hard to type at the same time). The kids are back in school, I'm back tutoring (in just one school this time), but my husband is still …
Time flies when you're having fun! I only realised this morning that today is the fifth anniversary of the date I published my first book, The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes. I've done publiversary posts before, which you can find by searching for 'publiversary', but I felt that I probably ought to mark a half-decade …
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Well, 2020 has been interesting, to say the least. What's that saying about 'may you live in interesting times'? I reread last year's 'life goals' post, and either I was unusually prescient, or I may be partly responsible for the mess that has been 2020. If so, I apologise. That said, I'm conscious that I'm …
Pinch punch first day of the month white rabbits no returns! And now that's over, time to announce this week's discounted ebook - Caster & Fleet Cases 1-3 Box Set! Prepare for shenanigans as Katherine and Connie gallivant around Victorian London, solving mysteries and taking names. This box set includes the first three Caster & Fleet …
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Back to the discounts! I've completely forgotten which week it is of #EscapeWithABook, in which I run a discount on a different ebook every week. This week it's the turn of Pippa Parker Cozy Mysteries Box Set, which includes the first three Pippa Parker mysteries: Murder At The Playgroup, Murder In The Choir and A Fete …
It's Week 8 of #EscapeWithABook, and this week's a bit different because I have a FREEBIE for you! School's Out is a longish short story which I wrote as a bit of a warm-up for Pippa Parker book 6. It's a very gentle, cosy mystery which features a few of the characters you may have …
It's Week 7 of #EscapeWithABook, in which I run a discount on a different ebook every week. Each book is 99p/99c (UK/US only, because of how Amazon run their discount system). In addition, almost all my books are in Kindle Unlimited, so if you are a subscriber, you can read over 20 of my books that way. …
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It's Week 6 of #EscapeWithABook, in which I run a discount on a different ebook every week. Each book is 99p/99c (UK/US only, because of how Amazon run their discount system). In addition, almost all my books are in Kindle Unlimited, so if you are a subscriber, you can read over 20 of my books that way. …
This year, one of my new year's life goals was to try new things in writing. So when I saw that FutureLearn were offering a 3-week course called 'How To Make A Poem', I signed up. It's free, and you can find it here. I enjoyed the course, and while it's more of a taster …
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