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July 5, 2015

JMS Books is celebrating

JMS Books is 5 this month and to celebrate all e-books across the board are 30% off. There is much more going on so go and check out the website.

That means you can pick up Waiting for a Spark for $2.09.

Also check out the books by Clare London, Liam Livings, and J L Merrow.








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Published on July 05, 2015 21:00

July 2, 2015

Fiction Friday

Hurrah, another Fiction Friday post. That's three in a row.

I could well call this post Fiction Friday - The English Edition, because there is in influx of British authors here with a lone Australian thrown in.

Let's get the Aussie out of the way first.

Red Dirt Heart (Red Dirt #1) by N.R. Walker - Why, oh why did it take me so long to read this book? And even then it took the rest of the series being on sale to force my hand. I should have known from the blurb alone that I would love this book,...
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Published on July 02, 2015 20:30

June 25, 2015

Fiction Friday

Last week I promised to reveal my five star reads/audios for the last three weeks.

Here we go then.

The Rebuilding Year (The Rebuilding Year #1) by Kaje Harper

Losing nearly everything leaves room for the one thing they can’t live without.

A few excruciating minutes pinned in a burning building cost Ryan Ward his job as a firefighter, the easy camaraderie of his coworkers, his girlfriend, and damn near cost him his left leg. Giving up, though, isn’t an option. Compared to the alternative, choosin...
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Published on June 25, 2015 21:00

June 18, 2015

Fiction Friday

Amazingly since my last Fiction Friday post I have read 47 books. Yes, that's right 47.

Okay, to be fair and honest I did DNF a couple of those, although I think it was only three, and most of what I read during the last week of May were quite short. I realised that my Kindle was full of freebie fillers with such titillating titles as Pounding the Tentacled CEO Alpha Billionaire (spanking edition)*  So I decided to waste a week at the end of May only reading free reads. These are general...
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Published on June 18, 2015 21:00

June 17, 2015

Wittering on and on and on

Pop on over to the UK Meet Blog and find out my answers to these questions.

UK Meet Button If you wrote an autobiography, what would its title be and why?

What has your writing journey been like from the start until now?

What do you hope to get from UK Meet that’s different from other conferences?

What do you have to be thankfully to KJ Charles and Charlie Cochrane for? (Okay, this wasn't an official question but the answer is in there anyway.)

Is it September yet?


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Published on June 17, 2015 21:00

June 16, 2015

Branding

Earlier this week I mentioned that several things had been taking up my time and unfortunately neither of them were actually writing but they were writing adjacent.

At last year's UK Meet much comment was made about having a brand that readers could associate with you as an author. It's probably the piece of social media/promo based advice that I took from the Meet that I have given the most thought to since that trip to Bristol. And it's true that everybody can probably recognise KJ's magpie...
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Published on June 16, 2015 21:00

June 14, 2015

Just a quick note

to apologise for not being around for a couple of weeks. I've fallen down a black hole but hopefully a couple of posts in the next few weeks will explain my absence.

Also, I have several recommended reads (and audios) for you which I'll try to post on Friday as normal.

In the meantime I will leave you with another graphic which can attest to more wasted time on picmonkey.


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Published on June 14, 2015 21:00

May 26, 2015

A review for Theory Unproven

4.25 star review at scatteredthoughtsandrougewords.
With a zoologist, Eric Phillips, as one half of the main couple, I loved the realistic way his life and work with the elephants was portrayed.  Dirty, all consuming, and soul satisfying…the readers understands through the many passages what it must be like to have that deep connection with another species. 
All good characters, all people the reader will want to spend time with.
Tyaan is a character that will draw con...
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Published on May 26, 2015 21:00

May 21, 2015

Fiction Friday - A fantastic discovery & much eye-rolling

Last Fiction Friday I pimped Foxe Tail by Hayley Walsh, which I described as gay Hardy Boys or a cross between QAF and the Famous Five. Since then I have finished the next two books in the series, Foxe Hunt and Out-Foxed. These three books complete the opening story arc of the series and bring all the events incorporated in these books to a satisfying conclusion. Each has a insular plot that is solved within the individual book as well as the main threat and the romance that straddle all thre...
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Published on May 21, 2015 21:00

May 20, 2015

5 Heart review for Theory Unproven

5 heart review from Hearts on Fire reviews
...the story was well paced, with great main characters and secondary characters...
The chemistry between the two main characters has a great build up, with compassion for Tyaan..., and hope for Eric that he won’t get his heart broken, since you love him pretty much from the start of the story!
If you like animals, you are going to love these two characters! (Jack and Ianto, the elephants)
I would recommend this book for romance lov...
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Published on May 20, 2015 21:00