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January 30, 2014

After Wimbledon Will Be FREE on Amazon 31 Jan and 1 Feb

Two days only!  Get on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, local sites About After Wimbledon Clashes with the Valentine’s Giveaway, doesn’t it?  Serves me right for arranging my Amazon free days so far in advance.  D’oh!Filed under: After Wimbledon
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Published on January 30, 2014 11:00

January 29, 2014

Writing Chick Lit

I was rather tickled to come across a link to a two-day course on how to write a chick lit novel.  Sadly it was in Sydney and, as much as I’d love to go back there, there is no chance I’m taking a toddler on a 24 hour plane journey.  It was enough of a trial […]
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Published on January 29, 2014 06:42

January 26, 2014

Valentine’s Day Book Giveaway!

Hilary Grossman over at Feeling Beachy is running a Valentine’s Day giveaway with 21 other authors, including yours truly!  There are ebooks and paperbacks up for grabs and each book has a separate draw so you only enter to win the ones you like!  I’m offering 5 ebooks of After Wimbledon as my part. Entry is […]
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Published on January 26, 2014 07:38

January 25, 2014

How I Got Started Writing: The Fanfiction Route

I did an interview recently where I was asked about how I got started writing and I said I began writing fanfiction.  This is fiction based on someone else’s work – TV shows, films, book, comics… anything really.  You take the established characters and/or settings and make up your own stories about them.  It’s a really […]
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Published on January 25, 2014 12:20

January 22, 2014

10 Sites to Go to for Chick Lit Recommedations

When you want a new chick lit book to read, where do you go?  Straight to Amazon?  Or is there a book reviewer whose tastes you know are pretty close to your own? If you’d like the latter, but don’t have one, here are some sites to check out: Best Chick Lit Chick Lit Reviews […]
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Published on January 22, 2014 08:41

January 18, 2014

The Dr Pepper Prophecies Will Be 99c On Amazon 19-20 Jan!

Two day sale only!  Get your copy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and other Amazon sites. About The Dr Pepper PropheciesFiled under: The Dr Pepper Prophecies
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Published on January 18, 2014 11:00

Lucy on… (Deleted Musings From ‘After Wimbledon’) #2

A few more paragraphs cut from After Wimbledon. Lucy on… Making Decisions Showering off later, I debate the pros and cons of staying on the tour and decide I should.  Then I debate the pros and cons of staying with Joe and decide I shouldn’t. There, that’s decided. Then I start debating them again and […]
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Published on January 18, 2014 10:24

January 15, 2014

Have You Been to the KBoards?

The KBoards is a forum specifically for Kindle owners.  You can get troubleshooting ideas, advice and reviews if you’re thinking of getting a different model and also discuss what you’re reading.  It’s a brilliant place to go to help you get the most out of your Kindle.Filed under: For Readers Tagged: books, Kindle
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Published on January 15, 2014 09:29

Unfair Reviews Revisited

You may remember a while back I asked for help to have an unfair review deleted from Amazon and I then wrote a post on why you should bother reporting unfair reviews.  Well, I’ve got another one, this time on Wedding Hells.  It reads as follows: “Nothing ticks me off more than to get a […]
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Published on January 15, 2014 06:20

January 14, 2014

Sign Up To Hear About New Releases First!

I’ve got me a mailing list!  Sign up and I’ll email you if I: release a new work make existing work available in a new format (e.g. paperback) make existing work available from a new source. I won’t share your email address or send you any other messages. Go to Mail Chimp to sign up! […]
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Published on January 14, 2014 11:11