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Pivotal Giveaway for Mother’s Day

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More Books Than Bikinis 5 – The Deal and Then?

Earlier this Month in More Books Than Bikinis, Part 4 – Seeking out a Publisher, I promised to bring you up to date on Pivotal’s journey to publication. If you have been following me on Social Media you will know we have reached an extremely exciting stage, with the cover reveal and pre-orders available (more […]

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More Books than Bikinis 4 – Seeking out a Publisher

More Books than Bikinis 4 – Seeking out a Publisher To start this, the next instalment in my writing story, I began by looking back at part 3, Final draft to Submission and realised how much time had passed by – a year! I have not been sitting on my hands waiting for a publishing […]

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The Writers’ Pod Presents… Phoebe on publishing, writing and books.

I feel very fortunate to have met and interviewed Phoebe Morgan, author of The Doll House (which I loved), The Girl Next Door, (just published and saved for my Easter holiday reading – I can’t wait!) and Editorial Director at Orion imprint, Trapeze. Her passion for books threads through everything she does and her genuine […]

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The Writers’ Pod Presents … Jenny Ford on Writing, Inspiration and Purpose

After a couple of months working on lots of new and exciting projects for The Writers’ Pod, I’m back with another author interview from the Writers’ Pod Presents series. I originally met Jenny Ford at a local business networking event. I seem to bump into authors and would-be writers in all sorts of places. Most […]

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The Writers’ Pod Presents…Abiola on Publishing and Author Advice

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More Books Than Bikinis 3 – First Draft to Submission

After my visit to this year’s London Book Fair last month, already documented in my latest post, I realised there was a gap in my writing story. Part two covered the writing of Pivotal, from concept to first draft but as readers of the Book Fair post will already know, my novel is some way […]

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Making the Most of the London Book Fair – A Writer’s View

Making the Most of the London Book Fair – A Writers View Each year at the London Book Fair, the world of publishing convenes at Kensington Olympia. Every available exhibition space, from the Grand Hall to the Club Room, is crammed full of industry professionals and visitors, with a few eateries and coffee bars interspersed […]

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Creative Inspiration in a Cemetery

Creative Inspiration in a Cemetery On a crisp winter afternoon in late February we drive through the gates to Foster Hill Road Cemetery, a little late for our appointment. A well known mapping tool under-estimated our journey time by about ten minutes, eating into the time-to-find-a-parking-space allowance I had planned. Following the snaking track up […]

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Applying to be a Writer

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