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May 2, 2018
It’s The Final Countdown
It’s the start of a brand new month (well it was yesterday when I was supposed to submit this post), and the countdown for the re-release of my debut fantasy novel, The Exercise Of Vital Powers, has begun. I’ve been really busy over the last month, not only with ensuring that the book goes […]
April 2, 2018
To Be Read In April (Hopefully)
We are now a quarter of the way into 2018 and I’ve had a surprisingly good reading year so far, which I chalk up to the fact I haven’t watched any television since last summer, giving me more free time for books. At present, I have read a total of 17 books this year […]
March 31, 2018
The Second Coming Is Near At Hand
If you cast your mind back to the beginning of the year, you may recall that personal problems caused me to postpone all my 2018 publishing plans until further notice; the main casualty being the second edition of my debut novel, The Exercise Of Vital Powers, which I had intended to release in time […]
March 13, 2018
Book Review: A Woman Scorned By Rebecca Howie
A Woman Scorned (The Sam Beckett Mysteries, Book 2) Rebecca Howie Genre: Crime Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Createspace Format: Paperback, 284 Pages Date: 17th December 2017 ISBN-10: 1979039798 ISBN-13: 978-1979039796 Purchase: Paperback | Kindle Edition Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book from the author; obviously this hasn’t influenced the […]
Book Review: The Game Begins By Rebecca Howie
The Game Begins (The Sam Beckett Mysteries, Book 1) Rebecca Howie Genre: Crime Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Createspace Format: Paperback, 284 Pages Date: 2nd October 2017 (First Published 2016) ISBN-10: 1548240087 ISBN-13: 978-1548240080 Purchase: Paperback | Kindle Edition Samantha Beckett may appear to be the typical, aimless teenage schoolgirl who doesn’t know […]
February 2, 2018
Challenge Accepted, Mission Accomplished
While I may not have done much in the way of writing during January, I was able to do more reading than usual. Enough reading, in fact, to help me successfully complete my Goodreads reading challenge, for the first time ever, by the end of the month. And this was despite losing a week […]
February 1, 2018
Update: Getting Back On Track… Sort Of
Hey, I’m back. I wish I could say that my life is completely out of the doldrums but it’s not. Nonetheless, I can’t just sit about waiting for things to change for the better. It is the start of a brand new month and time to kick on with the writing gig. So, as […]
January 1, 2018
Update: What 2018 Has In Store (Or Not)
To say that life hasn’t always been kind to me would be an understatement. At the risk of sounding like someone suffering from a persecution complex, my life has been tormenting me mercilessly for the past quarter of a century. What kept me going through all the tribulations was convincing myself there was nothing […]
December 5, 2017
Blog Tour: Interview With Rebecca Howie Author Of A Woman Scorned
Interview number two with indie author Rebecca Howie as part of the blog tour for her second novel, A Woman Scorned. If you cast your minds back to July you may recall that I interviewed a young indie author from Scotland called Rebecca Howie. Still a teenager at the time, Rebecca had one published […]
December 4, 2017
Poem: Making Up For Lost Time
Credit: Forestina-Fotos Something a little bit different from me this morning. My Aussie BFF, Kim, is taking a well-earned break from her weekly Monday morning poetry posts. She very recently completed the first draft of her debut novel, so her focus is on that, as well as her beta reading commitments and family/parental responsibilities. […]
