Victoria Walters's Blog, page 23
August 2, 2020
Hopeful Hearts is coming soon…
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It’s August! And it’s exactly one month until my next novel Hopeful Hearts at Glendale Hall is published yay!! I am so excited for you all to read this one. It’s about a librarian who falls in love with a farmer but isn’t sure if her happy ever after really is a happy ever after. It’s set at Christmas in the Scottish Highlands and it’s a cosy read all about family, friendship, love, and believing in yourself. Plus they are lots of crazy animals, snow, and Christmas magic hurrah!
I am really hoping you will all enjoy it and that you’ll connect to Heather, the main character, who has a lot of worries and anxiety but ends up rising to all the challenges she faces. If that sounds like something you’d like, you can pre-order the eBook and paperback right HERE.
If that has wet your appetite, I’ve filmed an interview for my YouTube channel with book bloggers asking me questions all about the Glendale Hall series, my writing, my favourite books and, hilariously, nails, tattoos and eyeliner! Plus I answer the question of whether there might be another Glendale Hall Novel in the future…
We had lots of fun filming it so curl up with a cuppa and have a giggle with us:
Let me know in the comments if you’ve ordered your copy of Hopeful Hearts!
Love,
Victoria
July 26, 2020
Showing off my mug collection!
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My name is Victoria and I’m addicted to buying mugs! My mug collection is now pretty extensive so I thought it would be fun to show you all my mugs in a new video.
I have collected over fifty mugs so sit back (with a cup of tea, of course!) and let me take you through my collection featuring slogan mugs, Harry Potter, Disney, cats and much more! I hope you enjoy watching, please let me know and please do subscribe to see more of my videos.
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And drop me a comment about my dishwasher question too…
Love,
Victoria
xoxo
July 25, 2020
Glendale Hall Playlist!
I’m so excited to share with you today the playlist for my Glendale Hall books series! These are songs that I listened to while I was writing the books, songs that inspired the books and which remind me of them too, and I really hope you enjoy listening to it – why not pop it on as you’re reading the books too?!
If you’ve read the books or this inspires you too (hopefully!) then I’d love to know what you think and if you can spot which songs fit which character or scene or emotion through the books. If nothing else, it’s a relaxing playlist to pop on so please do enjoy!
Love,
Victoria
xoxo
July 20, 2020
Cosy Writing, Cosy Life
Hello all! So, today I wanted to talk to you about how my books are often described as being ‘cosy‘. I actually love this as a description because I enjoy all things cosy and to know that my books have left you with a happy, warm glow at the end of reading them just really makes me smile!
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Some of my favourite things in life are cosy like curling up with a book, drinking a big mug of tea on a chilly morning, wearing fluffy socks, throws and blankets, piling lots of cushions on my bed, and watching a lovely rom com film. So, I thought it would be fun to share with you not only my favourite cosy things in life but also my tips if you want to write cosy books like mine.
I’ve popped all my cosy tips into a video on my Youtube Chanel, which I’ve resurrected after a very long time neglecting. Please do watch and pop me a like or comment so I know if you’d like to see more videos like this from me. And, of course, it would be fabulous if you would like to subscribe to my channel.
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I really hope you enjoy this journey into my cosy world…
Thanks so much for reading and watching!
Love, Victoria
xoxo
July 14, 2020
Writing Bestselling Women’s Fiction
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I’m back with another video for you guys! Hope you aren’t sick of me talking yet haha. This time, I took part in a panel chaired by my publisher Hera books featuring two other women’s fiction authors – Kiley Dunbar and Lisa Swift. We are talking all about women’s fiction – how we write, what we love to write about the most, and which of our characters we wish we could marry!
I hope it’s useful for aspiring women’s fiction writers, for readers who love the genre, and fans of my books. Please have a watch and let me know what you think. I have posted it on my much neglected YouTube channel so feel free to subscribe and hopefully that will inspire me to post some more videos on there.
Love,
Victoria
xoxo
July 12, 2020
Author Interview with Isabelle Broom
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I’m really excited to share an interview I did with author Isabelle Broom this week on YouTube. She has a fabulous series on there where she talks with other authors to make the publication of her latest novel Hello, again, and we had a great chat all about my Glendale book series, lockdown, author pets and … nails!
I really hope you enjoy watching:
Love,
Victoria
xxx
June 30, 2020
My First Three Months as a Full-time Author
When I handed in my notice for my part-time job as a Waterstones bookseller, I had no idea that I wouldn’t work my final week in my bookshop, nor would I get to say goodbye to colleagues over leaving drinks because during that final week, all non-essential shops were closed by the Government as the UK went into a Coronavirus lockdown. It was a surreal ending to my six years working for Waterstones, and meant that my plans to make sure I didn’t become a reclusive writer who didn’t leave the house evaporated as we had to all stay inside!
It has been such a difficult time for the world, hasn’t it? I’ve been so grateful to be able to escape into my fictional world to help get through it. As lockdown and my full-time writing career began, I was working towards a deadline, having to finish writing the first draft of the third book in the Glendale Hall series, which will be published this September. It’s called Hopeful Hearts at Glendale Hall, and it really is a book full of hope, and love, family and community, set at Christmas time. I decided I didn’t want to include any mention of lockdown in the book. To me the Glendale books are a form of escapism, the village is so lovely and cosy and I know readers wouldn’t want the characters not to be able to come together to celebrate Christmas. So we can all live vicariously through them in this book! Although the country is slowly opening up, we are still a long way from life as it was before, that’s one thing for certain so I’m glad I can still find the world we used to know through writing.
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What has been a good development in this time is the increase in things happening online so I’ve been able to chat to authors and readers, and people in publishing, and I’ve received more messages from people who have enjoyed my books than ever before, people wanting to reach out to tell me my books have helped them escape the real world just a little bit, which has been so lovely.
I’m currently doing final edits on Hopeful Hearts and then I’ll be ready to start writing something new. I am still mainly at home writing stories on my laptop, and I still will be when we hopefully find a way to combat this virus, and I feel really lucky that this is my full-time job now. Even if I have become the recluse I was so worried about becoming!
I’d love to find out how you’ve spent these past three months – please drop me a comment below!
Love,
Victoria
xxx
June 18, 2020
Cover Reveal: Hopeful Hearts at Glendale Hall
I’m thrilled to reveal the latest book in the bestselling Glendale Hall series! It tells Heather’s story, and will be published on 2nd September.
Look how gorgeous it is!!
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Here’s the blurb:
What happens when love takes you to unexpected places?
Heather Douglas appears to have it all. But living on a farm in the Scottish Highlands with her partner, Rory Fraser, all while bringing up their adorable toddler, Harry, isn’t easy. As a former librarian, Heather is worried that she’ll never fully fit into life on Fraser Farm. And after the death of her beloved mum five years ago, Heather feels lost, as well as guilty for holding back accepting Rory’s marriage proposal because she can’t imagine her wedding without her mother.
So when ex-boyfriend, Stewart, appears in the village of Glendale, it’s a shock to the system. The man who broke her heart years ago now has big plans for the neighbouring farm and wants Heather to be part of the development. Knowing that she’s living a very different life to the one they had planned at university leaves Heather wondering if she has made the right choices since she and Stewart broke up. Especially when things start to go very wrong on the farm …
This Christmas, Heather will need to face her fears and let go of the past or risk losing everything. She will need love, faith, and a whole lot of hope!
Return to the beautiful Highlands village of Glendale with the latest book in the bestselling Glendale series – the perfect cosy, uplifting, romantic read for fans of Heidi Swain, Milly Johnson and Holly Martin.
Pre-order your copy here:
Amazon https://amzn.to/2Y6P1dt
Apple https://apple.co/3emKwBn
Kobo https://bit.ly/37AMc7D
Tell me what you guys think of the cover in the comments!!
Love,
Victoria xx
June 13, 2020
Kindle Deal!
Grab your copy here!!!
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Two weddings and a baby…but who will get their happy ever after?
Emily Prescott’s life isn’t going to plan. Her dreams of starting a family with fireman boyfriend Greg and opening up her own bakery in London feel like they will never come true. So when a wedding invite arrives from her oldest friend, Beth Williams, Emily is thrilled. Not only will she get to return to her childhood home in Scotland, but best of all – Beth wants her to bake the wedding cake!
However, her excitement is cut short when she discovers that Greg has cheated on her. Devastated by his betrayal, Emily flees to Glendale Hall, Beth’s grand estate in the Highlands, and tries to distracts herself with helping with the wedding plans, but that’s not easy when Greg keeps hounding her to forgive him. Then she’s introduced to Glendale’s new young and handsome vicar Brodie, and things become even more complicated.
When Emily discovers that Greg’s betrayal runs deeper than she imagined, she finds herself with a whole host of decisions to make, especially when she discovers her long awaited dream is finally being fulfilled – at exactly at the wrong time…
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Escape to Scotland and fall in love with this gorgeous and inspiring romance from the bestselling author of Coming Home to Glendale Hall! The perfect feel-good read for fans of Holly Martin, Heidi Swain, and Jill Mansell.
May 4, 2020
Look what I’ve got …
