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April 12, 2015
An Englishwoman’s Guide to the Cowboy by June Kearns
Thanks to Sharon Booth
Originally posted on SHARON BOOTH :
Texas in the nineteenth century. Colt McCall, half Sioux, half Irish, is a handsome cowboy. He earns his living dealing horses, is popular with the local ladies, and has friends in unlikely places – as well as enemies. Colt has a reputation and he has a shady past. Staying alive is tough enough; this here’s Comanche country and it sure ain’t no place for a lady.
Annie Haddon – abandoned by her father and left in the...
April 4, 2015
Letter D The April A to Z Challenge #AtoZChallenge
Originally posted on Rosie Amber:
Day 4 of my April A to Z Challenge, my theme is characters from books I’ve read, plus an audience participation piece.
Letter D is for Dermot Finnegan from Secrets Of The Heart by Adrienne Vaughan.
Secrets Of The Heart is book three of The Heartfelt series, easily a stand alone novel, also a grand finale to the series. Set on a tiny island off of the west coast of Ireland, it has all the charm of Ireland and with a host of characters from movie stars to a...
April 3, 2015
Letter C The April A to Z Blogging Challenge #AtoZChallenge
Originally posted on Rosie Amber:
Day 3 of the April A to Z blogging challenge and my theme is book characters, plus some audience participation.
Letter C is for Charlee Montague in Boot Camp Bride by Lizzie Lamb
Lizzie Lamb’s characters are so lovable, Charlee became my buddy from the very first line. She was fiery unpredictable and quite honestly a delightful handful. Charlee Montague is an intern at “What’Cha” Magazine, the lowest of the low and given the worst jobs. But she has a passi...
April 1, 2015
Letter A The April A to Z blogging Challenge #AtoZChallenge
Originally posted on Rosie Amber:
Welcome to the first day of this year’s April A-Z blogging challenge.
I’m blogging my way through characters from books I’ve read, then I have some audience participation going on.
Letter A is for Anne Haddon the heroine of June Kearn’s book An Englishwoman’s Guide To The Cowboy.
It’s 1867 and 9 people are squashed inside a stagecoach as it beats it’s way across the hot dust of Texas. Inside are English trio Annie Haddon, her cousin Charlotte and Aunt Bea....
March 31, 2015
Life Cycle of a Writer: Receiving that Magical News.
Our dear mate, Jan Brigden has found her way through the maze and is going to become a published author. Go Jan
Originally posted on The Romaniacs:
Well, since my last update, things have gone ever so slightly crazy. Wonderfully crazy! All in all, it has been a sparkling six weeks.
On February 14th, I found out that my first novel ‘As Weekends Go’ had been shortlisted in the Choc Lit and Whole Story Audiobooks Search for a Star competition.
I’d made the final six!
Cue stupi...
March 13, 2015
The Best Vacation I Took With the Man I Love – September 2014
Just getting back into the blogging habit.
Originally posted on Lizzie Lamb:
Emma Bridgewater loving cup
My husband (aka Bongo Man) and I have been married a long time. Here’s an Emma Bridgewater loving cup I commissioned to celebrate the fact – I’ll leave you to do the maths.
In 2014 we bought a vintage caravan off EBay and went on a tour of Scotland to research my third novel – SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS (published this spring). In particular I wanted to visit Holy Loch where t...
March 1, 2015
Happy Birthday – The Right Design
Many congratulations to lovely Chick Lit Goddess Isabella Louise Anderson who’s debut novel is one year old today. Check out my blog post celebrating the fact.
Originally posted on Lizzie Lamb:
I’m pleased to welcome fabulous author Isabella Louise Anderson to my blog.Isabella published her debut novel THE RIGHT DESIGN exactly one year ago and U’m looking forward to learning more about her and and her awesome novel.
Isabella grew up with a book in her hand, and to this day not...
February 28, 2015
A Very British Blog!
Originally posted on June Kearns:
I’ve been invited by the Very Talented BritishwriterTerry Tylerto take part in ‘A Very British Blog tour’ – visiting, supporting and championing the work and websites of other British authors.
Each author has been asked exactly the same questions but the answers will obviously all be different!
Here’s the link to Terry’s blog where you can read her interesting answersto the questions
Here aremy answers:
Q. Where were you born and where do you live at the moment?
A...
February 25, 2015
Interview Special: The Grumbling Gargoyle Swoops Down For A Chat
A great chance to learn more about the Grumbling Gargoyle – aka Lynn Gerrard.
Originally posted on A Woman's Wisdom:
The lovely Lynn Gerrard aka The Grumbling Gargoyle is a particular favourite of mine onTwitterdue to her very funny micro poems which she periodically posts up to cheer up the darkest of mornings. Her blog is also a favourite and you can enjoy it too byclicking here. I finally managed to persuade Lynn on to the blog with a bat juice lollipop and the promise of...
February 24, 2015
LOVE CAN’T BE HURRIED…
Twins of a Gazelleis out, a mere year and three months later than my New Romantics Press co-conspirators got out their seconds, the other fab three, Adrienne, June and Lizzie. My small band of readers are probably wondering, ‘So, what took you so long?’ Taking my cue from The Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love”, I couldn’t hurry Twins of a Gazelle. No matter how hard I tried, I just had to take as long as it took. How (see below) will probably expla...