Rachael Richey's Blog, page 5
February 28, 2016
Cobwebs in the Dark Locations - Part One - Papamoa
This is the first little blog post about the locations I used in my new book, Cobwebs in the Dark, the third book in The NightHawk Series. No little trips to Wales in this one, it's set almost entirely in New Zealand. I've never been there, so I did have to rely on the internet and Google maps for some help! They were very useful!This first location is Papamoa which is a suburb of Tauranga on the North Island. This is where Gideon's sister Penny and her family live, and where Abi, Gideon and the children go to stay for a few days before NightHawk kick off their tour in Auckland. Penny's house overlooks the beach.
February 16, 2016
Cobwebs in the Dark Release Day!
Publication Day for Cobwebs in the Dark has nearly arrived! Join me tomorrow, Wednesday 17th February for an online launch party on Facebook. It starts at 12 noon (GMT) and will go on until midnight. There will be chances to win Kindle copies of my books, and other things to do. Pop in any time, and stay for as long as you like. Everyone welcome!
Launch Party link
The book is available to pre-order from Amazon both in Kindle and Paperback form.
Launch Party link
The book is available to pre-order from Amazon both in Kindle and Paperback form.
January 7, 2016
Cobwebs in the Dark available for pre-order!
Found out today that the kindle version of Cobwebs in the Dark, Book Three of The NightHawk Series, is now available for pre-order from Amazon UK and Amazon US. Very exciting!
The release date is not until 17th February so that does of course give people time to read the other two first, if they haven't done so already! :-) Hopefully the paperback will be added very soon too.
Click on the picture to take you to Amazon.
December 11, 2015
Cobwebs in the Dark Publication Date
I've just found out that Cobwebs in the Dark will be released on Wednesday 17th February, 2016! It should be available for pre-order a few weeks prior to that.
It's very exciting to think that three of the NightHawk Series will be out already and the fourth, The Girl in the Painting, is currently with my editor. I now need to decide whether there should be a fifth one!
As soon as the book is available for pre-order I shall put the link on the website.
December 4, 2015
Rhythm of Deceit 99p Sale
It's sale day! From today for two weeks, Rhythm of Deceit will be just 99p/99cents for the Kindle version.
At the moment, for some reason, Storm Rising is still 99p as well, so now's your chance to read them both for less than £2 before the third book comes out. :-)
Both books are available from most online retailers, details on my website.
Click here to purchase Rhythm of Deceit from Amazon UK
Click here to purchase from Amazon US
November 24, 2015
Black Friday Giveaway!
Right then, here's a little giveaway in the lead up to Black Friday.
I am offering a free e-book copy of Rhythm of Deceit, the second book in The NIghtHawk Series, to the next three people who buy a copy of Storm Rising, and send me proof. The book is currently still 99p/99cents until Thursday.
You will need to send me a screen shot of your purchase of Storm Rising, (Amazon invoice for example) to prove that you actually bought it, and I will then send you a free copy of the sequel, Rhythm of Deceit, in either mobi, epub or pdf format, whichever you prefer. My e-mail address is on the website, or you can send it via Facebook message if you prefer.
I shall announce the winners on Friday. Good luck!
I am offering a free e-book copy of Rhythm of Deceit, the second book in The NIghtHawk Series, to the next three people who buy a copy of Storm Rising, and send me proof. The book is currently still 99p/99cents until Thursday.
You will need to send me a screen shot of your purchase of Storm Rising, (Amazon invoice for example) to prove that you actually bought it, and I will then send you a free copy of the sequel, Rhythm of Deceit, in either mobi, epub or pdf format, whichever you prefer. My e-mail address is on the website, or you can send it via Facebook message if you prefer.
I shall announce the winners on Friday. Good luck!
November 18, 2015
Contract number four!
Very excited to report I've just signed my fourth contract with The Wild Rose Press. It's for The Girl in the Painting, the fourth book in The NightHawk Series.
The third book in the series, Cobwebs in the Dark is due for release in mid-February, and at this rate, The Girl in the Painting won't be far behind!
Also today I managed to get the one hundred supporters I needed for my Thunderclap campaign to publicise Storm Rising's 99p sale. It's due to go live at 7pm on Friday, and will hopefully generate some more sales. For anyone who thinks they might like to read Storm Rising by the way, it will be on offer until 26th November. Rhythm of Deceit will then be on offer at 99p from 4th to 18th December, and I shall be running a Thunderclap campaign for that too.
It's been quite a good writing week really, with the contract news, and the Thunderclap news, and I'm also doing really well with the new novel I'm writing for NaNoWriMo. I'm managing to keep on target with my word count, so may actually manage to do the full 50k words by the end of the month. That would be quite an achievement if I could.
The third book in the series, Cobwebs in the Dark is due for release in mid-February, and at this rate, The Girl in the Painting won't be far behind!
Also today I managed to get the one hundred supporters I needed for my Thunderclap campaign to publicise Storm Rising's 99p sale. It's due to go live at 7pm on Friday, and will hopefully generate some more sales. For anyone who thinks they might like to read Storm Rising by the way, it will be on offer until 26th November. Rhythm of Deceit will then be on offer at 99p from 4th to 18th December, and I shall be running a Thunderclap campaign for that too.
It's been quite a good writing week really, with the contract news, and the Thunderclap news, and I'm also doing really well with the new novel I'm writing for NaNoWriMo. I'm managing to keep on target with my word count, so may actually manage to do the full 50k words by the end of the month. That would be quite an achievement if I could.
November 14, 2015
Storm Rising 99p sale!
If you haven't read Storm Rising yet, now might be the perfect time to try it. For the next two weeks, until 26th November, the Kindle version is just 99p/99c from all the major online retailers. I'm also running a Thunderclap campaign for the book next Friday - 20th November - to get the word out about it.
For anyone who doesn't know about Thunderclap I shall explain! You add your support, via either Fb, Twitter or Tumblr, to the campaign via the Thunderclap website. Then at 7pm GMT on Friday 20th November, the message will be automatically tweeted/posted simultaneously on all the supporters pages. Hope that makes sense! All support will be very gratefully received! I need to get 100 supporters by Friday, and as I write this I have 59, so we're getting there! This is the link to the campaign - Storm Rising Thunderclap Campaign
Thanks in advance for any support.
October 27, 2015
Funny week....
It's been a strange week. I got my first 'not so good' review for Storm Rising which was not so nice, but I also got told by a publisher that I am a 'very good writer'. Now that was nice. However they didn't accept the book that I'd sent them, suggesting I either rewrote it, or submitted something different to them.
Okay, that's all very fine, and lovely to know they like my writing, but the reason they turned that particular book down in its present state is very interesting. It is a story that crosses more than one genre. Now in my mind that's a good thing. It makes a story more interesting if you have a mixture of romance, suspense, or crime, for example. I like to read books like that. so consequently I tend to write them like that too!
This latest effort has a bit of romance, a lot of suspense, some rather scary stuff and a bit of intrigue. The publisher seemed of the opinion that it would be better simply as a suspense story and drop the romantic interest. Since to my mind that was actually the main point of the story - the meeting of two people who are trying to escape their dark pasts - then that really didn't work for me.
I would be very interested to hear what other people think of cross-genre books. Do you like them, or do you prefer a single genre novel? This will now show whether anyone actually reads my blog posts or not! :-D Please feel free to comment if you have any thoughts about this.
Okay, that's all very fine, and lovely to know they like my writing, but the reason they turned that particular book down in its present state is very interesting. It is a story that crosses more than one genre. Now in my mind that's a good thing. It makes a story more interesting if you have a mixture of romance, suspense, or crime, for example. I like to read books like that. so consequently I tend to write them like that too!
This latest effort has a bit of romance, a lot of suspense, some rather scary stuff and a bit of intrigue. The publisher seemed of the opinion that it would be better simply as a suspense story and drop the romantic interest. Since to my mind that was actually the main point of the story - the meeting of two people who are trying to escape their dark pasts - then that really didn't work for me.
I would be very interested to hear what other people think of cross-genre books. Do you like them, or do you prefer a single genre novel? This will now show whether anyone actually reads my blog posts or not! :-D Please feel free to comment if you have any thoughts about this.
October 12, 2015
Feeling old.....or not?
It's been a funny year so far. Lovely in some ways - getting my first two books published being a majorly good thing - but strangely disturbing in others.
In August my daughter got married, scary enough in itself, but doubly scary when I realised that consequently it made me a Mother in Law. And that sounds so much older than a mother!
In September my 'baby boy' (now towering over me at nearly 5ft 11ins), started in Year 11 with his GCSEs looming, and the same month my husband turned (whisper it) fifty.
So all those things have already conspired to make me feel ancient, and now, in two days time my daughter also has the audacity to turn twenty five! I mean twenty five! I'm not even twenty five..... well I don't feel it. Twenty five is old. I'm still nineteen in my head, so how can my offspring be twenty five?
When I look at my children I don't think they've changed since they were babies, they still look the same to me, and I feel that way about myself. Not that I look like a baby, but that I'm still the person I feel like inside. And she is still, and always will be, nineteen! Whatever I look like, and however old my children get!
Oh well, at least I can console myself with the fact that I can still wear my daughter's clothes. Life can't be too bad!
In August my daughter got married, scary enough in itself, but doubly scary when I realised that consequently it made me a Mother in Law. And that sounds so much older than a mother!
In September my 'baby boy' (now towering over me at nearly 5ft 11ins), started in Year 11 with his GCSEs looming, and the same month my husband turned (whisper it) fifty.
So all those things have already conspired to make me feel ancient, and now, in two days time my daughter also has the audacity to turn twenty five! I mean twenty five! I'm not even twenty five..... well I don't feel it. Twenty five is old. I'm still nineteen in my head, so how can my offspring be twenty five?
When I look at my children I don't think they've changed since they were babies, they still look the same to me, and I feel that way about myself. Not that I look like a baby, but that I'm still the person I feel like inside. And she is still, and always will be, nineteen! Whatever I look like, and however old my children get!
Oh well, at least I can console myself with the fact that I can still wear my daughter's clothes. Life can't be too bad!
