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Writer Wednesday: Victoria Walters

Victoria Walters has always loved creating stories. Her first book was handwritten when she was sixteen years old, and was closely modelled on the Sweet Valley High series. Victoria studied sociology at Warwick University and has since worked for a business publisher and as a Waterstones bookseller. She lives in Surrey with her cat Harry (named after Harry Potter, not Harry Styles).

You can discover more about Victoria – and find pictures of Harry the cat – by following her on Twitter at @Vick...

B-Side (Arielle Lockley series) paperback giveaway

To celebrate the release of the paperback version of B-Side, I'm giving away three copies on Goodreads! If you're in Europe (excluding UK), Australia, US or Canada, you can enter here:

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Writer Wednesday: Lynsey James

Lynsey James was born in Fife in 1991 and has been telling people how to spell her name ever since. She's an incurable bookworm who loves nothing more than getting lost in a good story with memorable characters. She started writing when she was really young and credits her lovely Grandad- and possibly a bump on the head from a Mr Frosty machine- with her love of telling stories. She used to write her own episodes of Friends and act them out in front of her family (in fact she's sure she put R...

B-Side (Arielle Lockley series) cover reveal

What a beauty! I'm thrilled to share with you today the cover for my next book, B-Side. B-Side is book 2.5 in the Arielle Lockley series, and will be out on May 17th. (Though you can pre-order it right now. Go, go, go!)

"What do I honestly know about the music industry? I'm just another idiot with a dream who is naive enough to hope that I might be the next big star." 

Etta Millhouse has always had big musical ambitions to match her big voice, but she's also got three very big problems - t...

The month that was: April 2016

What happened:
B-Side went off to my editor - make sure you pre-order it to get your copy delivered automatically on May 17th - and I continued writing the first draft of Found. It's only 15 days until B-Side is out, and you'll also be able to pre-order Found soon. Hurrah!

We had a few visitors in April. My friend came to visit me from Scotland, which involved a visit to Madame Tussauds, one of my best friends came over, plus our baby niece, Esmé, came to visit us in London for the fi...

Disneyland Paris: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

If you want to see a show over dinner, lasso a horse, saddle up, and gallop along to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show... with Mickey and Friends. Or, y'know, simply walk there from wherever you are in the park. Located in the Disney Village, the show runs twice a night at 18.30 and 21.30.

Ticket prices may seem expensive, but they include a ninety minute show, a cowboy hat and dinner (which includes drinks, too). Category 1 seating costs 58.70 for adults, 46.60 for children; category 2 seati...

Disneyland Paris: Meeting the characters

Let's face it, it's the characters who make Disney, and I was more excited this time round meeting them than I was when I first went to Disneyland as a seven year old. (They really scared me back then - I was so shy!)

Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse are obviously, it goes without saying, the number one and number two characters on your to-meet list. You'll find Mickey in Fantasyland, where he hangs out most of the day; Minnie can be found on Main Street in the morning, and in the Studios in...

Pre-order B-Side (Arielle Lockley series)

Just a quick post to say that B-Side (Arielle Lockley series book 2.5) is now available to pre-order in Kindle format on Amazon for 99p/$0.99. (Cover coming soon; B-Side will also be available in paperback.) You can buy the rest of the series here.

"What do I honestly know about the music industry? I'm just another idiot with a dream who is naive enough to hope that I might be the next big star." 
 Etta Millhouse has always had big musical ambitions to match her big voice, but she's a...

Madame Tussauds

Ah, Madame Tussauds - the place to go to pose with famous (or sometimes fictional) people (and ogres). I headed there last weekend with my friend, though it's not the first time I've stepped foot into the famous waxworks museum.

Located on Marylebone Road, just off Baker Street, Madame Tussauds has had its home there since 1884, though originally was on Baker Street itself in Marie Tussaud's time (pictured top left).

I wonder what she'd make of taking a selfie with Kim and Kanye? It's so intere...

Disneyland Paris: Walt Disney Studios Park

The Walt Disney Studios Park opened in 2002 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Disneyland Paris. Divided into four areas - Front Lot, Toon Studio, Production Courtyard and Back Lot - the Studios focus on the production side of Disney's cartoons, shows and films.

Whilst a lot has remained the same since my first (and only) visit to the park in 2005, there are quite a few big rides in the park now. These include the Toy Story Playland area, Ratatouille, the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Cr...