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December 20, 2014
A Visit with June Kearns!
Another thoughtful blog post from June.
Originally posted on Lynn M's Blog:
I would like to thank June Kearns for agreeing to do this interview. She is a historical romance writer from the United Kingdom and she is answering my questions aboutAn Englishwoman’sGuide to the Cowboy which is set in Texas. I am currentlyreadingher other book 20’s Girl, the Ghost and all that Jazz.
Hereare her answers to my questions:
Why did you choose Texas as the setting for An Englishwoman’s Guide to...
December 19, 2014
A Laird Isn’t Just For Christmas
Another Christmassy extract.
Originally posted on Lizzie Lamb:
This extract is from my novel
Tall, Dark and Kilted -
A contemporary romance set in the Highlands of Scotland.
Here’s the blurb . . .
Fliss Bagshawe longs for a passport out ofPimlico where she works as a holistic therapist. After attending a party in Notting Hill she loses her job and with it the dream of being her own boss. She’s offered the chance to take over a failing therapy centre, but there’s a catch. The centre lie...
December 16, 2014
AUTHOR OF THE DAY
June’s turn on Paddy’s fabulous blog today :-)
Originally posted on Paddy Cummins:
JUNE KEARNS
As an only child, June Kearns was a terrible daydreamer,who used to spend a lot of time staring into space and making things up. At around age 7, she remembers copying out pages and pages of Enid Blyton to see how she did it!
Having left teaching to bring up her family, she won a national magazine competition for the first chapter of an historical novel. After many, many more hours watchi...
December 15, 2014
AUTHOR OF THE DAY
Originally posted on Paddy Cummins:
LIZZIE LAMB
If you have a dream – go for it.
Life is not a rehearsal
About the Author
After teaching her 1000th pupil and working as a deputy headteacher in a large primary school, Lizzie decided it was time to leave the chalk face and pursue her first love: writing. She joined the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New Writers Scheme, honed her craft and wrote Tall, Dark and Kilted. She’s had enormous fun researching men in kilts, falling in love with brooding...
December 9, 2014
It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot like Christmas . . .
If you’d like to read an extract from Boot Camp Bride set on Christmas Eve . . . here it is.
Originally posted on Lizzie Lamb:
This extract is from my novel Boot Camp Brideand the action takes place in a skip/dumpster on Christmas Eve. Charlee Montague is on her first stake out with temperamental, brooding photographer, Rafa Ffinch. If she gets it right, he takes her on as his partner for a trial period. Get it wrong, and she’s back to filing, fetching lattes and walking the edit...
November 29, 2014
Author Event at Waterstones, Kensington, London brings another successful year to a close!
We are happy to ask you to join us in celebrating an exciting and successful year for the New Romantics Press.
Adrienne’s story:
When you think about it, our story might not be amazing, show-stopping or world-breaking …but it is interesting. What started as June’s original concept: “Let’s hold a showcase for our work.” Quickly followed by Amanda Grange’s advice: “Publish independently and then you’ll have something to show.” Add Lizzie’s gritty determination to keep us all on track; my PR backg...
November 22, 2014
Lizzie Lamb on teamwork, the glass ceiling, and that Waterstones event!
Lizzie Lamb on teamwork, the glass ceiling, and that Waterstones event!.
With the @writeromantics talking about the ‘glass ceiling’ which prevents indie authors from reaching their potential, our fabulous Waterstones gig and how to write a Scottish novel if you’re English!
November 11, 2014
‘An Englishwoman’s Guide to the Cowboy’ by June Kearns – More Than a Romance
A lovely review for June’s book – The Englishwoman’s Guide to the Cowboy.
Originally posted on Alison Williams Writing:
I discovered June Kearns’ books through the lovely Rosie Amber’s blog when I reviewed ‘The 20’s Girl, the Ghost and All That Jazz’ (see my review here). I enjoyed it so much that I had to read ‘An Englishwoman’s Guide to the Cowboy’. Hope you enjoy my review and the extract from the book that follows. You can read my interview with June here.
Review
This is a love...
November 9, 2014
…forget the Spice Girls… here’s the Indie Girls… coming to a Waterstones near you…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…great timing! … in consonance with my previous post about ‘Living the Dream,’ into my Guest Blog slot comes the fabulous news that four of our Indie Girls are all appearing together at Waterstones, Kensington… my pals, Lizzie Lamb,AdrienneVaughan, June Kearns and Mags Cullingford, collectively known as the New Romantics, have secured their date with the bookstore on November 13th… some have conjectured they got it by threatening to go there and sing if...
