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April 23, 2014
Books About Premature Babies by Parents Who’ve Been There
If Early Daze has interested you in reading more about the experiences of preemie parents, or someone in your life has given birth early, here’s some other books you might like. There’s not too much fiction out there, so most of them are straight memoirs. Stock up on tissues before you start! Incubator Views: A […]
April 22, 2014
Early Daze is Now Available in Paperback!
Early Daze is now available in paperback! I’m still getting it linked to the Kindle edition (and, thanks to the quirks of CreateSpace, it currently has no line breaks in the description), but it’s available for purchase now from Amazon.com ($7.99), Amazon.co.uk (£4.99) and all other Amazon sites. Amazon.com are even offering a whole 40c off […]
April 21, 2014
[Guest Post] Extract From A Questionable Friendship by Samantha March
Today, Samantha March is sharing an extract from her new novel A Questionable Friendship, which is part of the Books in Bloom chick lit sale. ~~~~ I hadn’t told anyone about the cramps yet, not Portland or even Aaron. They had started coming on just last week, and at first I chalked it up to […]
April 19, 2014
How “Helpful” Are Amazon Reviews of Fiction Books?
I was looking at my book page for The Dr Pepper Prophecies to see what I could do to improve it and having a little grumble to myself that the first review people saw was a 3* one. Now, the book has 124 reviews of which only one fifth are below 4*. But this particular review […]
April 14, 2014
Sunlounger 2 Chick Lit Short Story Competition!
Originally posted on Reading In The Sunshine:
� DO YOU DREAM OF BEING A PUBLISHED AUTHOR? How would you like to see your words appear alongside stories from Milly Johnson, Alexandra Potter, Tracy Bloom, Rosie Blake, Julia Williams, Chrissie Mansby and Roisin Meaney. Enter the Sunlounger 2 short story competition and the dream could become…
� DO YOU DREAM OF BEING A PUBLISHED AUTHOR? How would you like to see your words appear alongside stories from Milly Johnson, Alexandra Potter, Tracy Bloom, Rosie Blake, Julia Williams, Chrissie Mansby and Roisin Meaney. Enter the Sunlounger 2 short story competition and the dream could become…
April 13, 2014
Where to Find Free Kindle Books UK
A while back, I did a post on 50 Places to Find Free Kindle Books. The trouble is, a lot of the sites that alert you to Amazon freebies only provide links to the US Kindle Store, which isn’t much help if you’re from the UK. So, here is a supplemental list of those sites […]
Where to Find Free Kindle Books – UK
A while back, I did a post on 50 Places to Find Free Kindle Books. The trouble is, a lot of the sites that alert you to Amazon freebies only provide links to the US Kindle Store, which isn’t much help if you’re from the UK. So, here is a supplemental list of those sites […]
April 10, 2014
6 Steps to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Every so often the press get very upset about high rates of pregnancy among teenagers. I think I have the solution. Sex education classes need to consist of the following: Listening to a baby crying non-stop for three hours. Ideally, use a baby doll and tell teenager they can make it stop if they work […]
April 7, 2014
Early Daze: Around Neonatal
As you know, Early Daze centres around a Neonatal Unit. I thought I would share a few pictures of the one it was based on, to help you visualise it. Don’t worry, I haven’t included any pictures of the actual babies. Running left to right: 1. Entrance to the NICU. The grey fridge freezer to the […]
April 4, 2014
Does Love Matter in Chick Lit?
This was written as a guest post for Chick Lit Club Connect When a heroine doesn’t find love, is it still chick lit? asks Jennifer Gilby Roberts. Someone posted an interesting question on Twitter: can a book be considered chick lit if the heroine doesn’t find love at the end? My gut feeling was yes, […]
