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October 3, 2012
Photo Competition: The Queen's Secret
Here's a fun little October 2012 competition for you.
If while out and about with your smart phone, you spot a copy of The Queen's Secret on a shop display or shelf, here's what to do. Snap a photo and email, tweet or Facebook tag it to me, letting me know where you saw it if possible.
3 randomly selected winners on November 1st will receive a GOODY BAG to include free books and other
If while out and about with your smart phone, you spot a copy of The Queen's Secret on a shop display or shelf, here's what to do. Snap a photo and email, tweet or Facebook tag it to me, letting me know where you saw it if possible.
3 randomly selected winners on November 1st will receive a GOODY BAG to include free books and other
September 30, 2012
Reminder: Warwick Words festival Appearance
If you're based in the West Midlands, do please come and hear me talk about my research for The Queen's Secret at the Warwick Words Festival.
On
Monday October 1st, I'll be discussing the secrets and the elaborate
preparations behind Elizabeth I's epic visit to Kenilworth Castle in the
summer of 1575. Cake and tea are included in the price, which you can
eat while chatting with me about
On
Monday October 1st, I'll be discussing the secrets and the elaborate
preparations behind Elizabeth I's epic visit to Kenilworth Castle in the
summer of 1575. Cake and tea are included in the price, which you can
eat while chatting with me about
September 28, 2012
Giveaway Winner!
The winner of my publication week Giveaway for The Queen's Secret in paperback is ...
ROSY MERCER
But never fear, I'm running more giveaways in the next ten days, of The Queen's Secret and another lovely book I have here. So all is not lost if your name is not Rosy. Just keep popping back every few days and eventually a new Giveaway will appear.
Congratulations, Rosy!
Your copy will be on its
ROSY MERCER
But never fear, I'm running more giveaways in the next ten days, of The Queen's Secret and another lovely book I have here. So all is not lost if your name is not Rosy. Just keep popping back every few days and eventually a new Giveaway will appear.
Congratulations, Rosy!
Your copy will be on its
My marvellous publication day
Yesterday saw The Queen's Secret published in paperback, and it was truly marvellous to walk into Asda and find it on the paperback charts there, in the Number 25 spot.
But even more marvellous to return home and discover these beautiful and delicately fragrant flowers waiting for me, along with a card from my editor Emma, and the whole publishing team at Transworld.
My grateful thanks go to
But even more marvellous to return home and discover these beautiful and delicately fragrant flowers waiting for me, along with a card from my editor Emma, and the whole publishing team at Transworld.
My grateful thanks go to
My most marvellous publication day
Yesterday saw The Queen's Secret published in paperback, and it was truly marvellous to walk into Asda and find it on the paperback charts there, in the Number 25 spot.
But even more marvellous to return home and discover these beautiful and delicately fragrant flowers waiting for me, along with a card from my editor Emma, and the whole publishing team at Transworld.
My grateful thanks go to
But even more marvellous to return home and discover these beautiful and delicately fragrant flowers waiting for me, along with a card from my editor Emma, and the whole publishing team at Transworld.
My grateful thanks go to
September 27, 2012
The most anticipated book of the year!
No, not JK Rowling's novel, but my own humble effort, published in paperback today, and most anticipated just by me and my family - rather than the whole literary world. Nothing to make the world spin faster on its axis, admittedly. But for me, one of the happiest moments of my life ...
I walked into my local Asda supermarket at 4pm this afternoon and found my own debut Tudor novel at Number 25
I walked into my local Asda supermarket at 4pm this afternoon and found my own debut Tudor novel at Number 25
September 25, 2012
The Queen's Secret: Giveaway
The paperback edition will be published on September 27th 2012
The paperback edition of my Tudor novel The Queen's Secret goes on sale in the UK this coming Thursday - yes, the same day as a certain JK Rowling's new book - so I thought it might be nice to have a few giveaways this week. I'm going to start with a giveaway of the paperback of The Queen's Secret, but I do have some other books
The paperback edition of my Tudor novel The Queen's Secret goes on sale in the UK this coming Thursday - yes, the same day as a certain JK Rowling's new book - so I thought it might be nice to have a few giveaways this week. I'm going to start with a giveaway of the paperback of The Queen's Secret, but I do have some other books
September 21, 2012
Rewriting My Lost Words
A metaphorical depiction of what happened inside my hard drive ...
Some of you may recall that I went on a writing retreat without internet access last month, and very sadly lost the last 25,000 words of my Tudor Witch novel - unbacked-up, as they would normally be at home - when my Mac hard drive died irrevocably.
Since hearing the news last week that none of the last third of the book would
Some of you may recall that I went on a writing retreat without internet access last month, and very sadly lost the last 25,000 words of my Tudor Witch novel - unbacked-up, as they would normally be at home - when my Mac hard drive died irrevocably.
Since hearing the news last week that none of the last third of the book would
September 17, 2012
London, Then and Now
Now that I am living in the country, it's become even more important for me to visit the capital. Not just for research or to meet my editors, although those are vital elements of my life as a writer. But also to experience that wonderful contrast between country and capital, the peaceful greenery of a rural farmhouse versus the hustle and bustle of a world-class city.
It keeps me alive and
It keeps me alive and
September 14, 2012
Young Shakespeare
It's easy to forget, as we witness the historical pageantry and high intrigue in many of Shakespeare's plays, that Will was a country boy at heart. Born and brought up in the rural market town of Stratford in Warwickshire, he would have fished and swum in the River Avon as a boy, helped his father sell gloves from his workshop on Henley Street, and no doubt watched the local farmers parade their
