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New Author Interview

I did this interview for TBM at Making My Mark. Tell us about your background and how you ended up writing. I wrote plenty of stories as a kid, but – like a lot of writers – I got started for real writing fanfiction.  The first stuff was for a science fiction TV show called […]

Give a Review for Christmas!

The Dr Pepper Prophecies is currently at 94 reviews in the US and After Wimbledon has 3.  It would be the most fabulous Christmas present to get to 100 and 5, as those are big milestones.  I might just celebrate with a giveaway…  (My books in US, My books elsewhere) In fact, I think we […]

Chick Lit Books and Short Stories for Tennis Fans

I’ve had a look round at what else is available for fans of chick lit and tennis, besides my own After Wimbledon.  Here’s my list, in no particular order: Tennis Dates by Colette Freedman Grand Slam by Samantha Brenner The Tennis Party by Sophie Kinsella Game, Set, Match by Nana Malone Love-40 by Anna Cheska Love Match by Amy J. Bates Queen […]

5 Things I Don’t Understand About My Toddler

Apparently, when Thomas Edison was asked if it was true that he’d failed 10,000 times when trying to create the light bulb, he replied that he’d never failed at all but merely found 10,000 things that didn’t work.  In my experience, motherhood is a lot like this.  You know the outcome you want, you try […]

Songs From ‘After Wimbledon’

In After Wimbledon, Lucy and Sam sing karaoke.  I thought I would share YouTube links to the songs I mentioned: ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua ‘These Things I’ll Never Say’ by Avril Lavinge ‘Angels’ by Robbie Williams ‘Gimme, Gimme, Gimme’ by Abba What are your favourite karaoke songs? ~~~~ More posts about After Wimbledon.Filed under: After Wimbledon […]

Have You Joined LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers?

LibraryThing have a wonderful programme where you can get FREE advance copies of new books in return for reviews.  To join you need to sign up at LibraryThing (similar to Goodreads, if you’re not familiar with it) and then go here. It is restricted to books from those publishers who have signed up to the […]

What’s in a Title?: How ‘After Wimbledon’ Got its Name

This was written as a guest post for Dizzy C’s Little Book Blog. Choosing a title for a novel is a difficult business.  For non-fiction, it’s mostly an exercise in how many key words you can cram in without it looking like that’s what you’ve done.  Plus you can include a ridiculously long sub-title.  For fiction, […]

‘After Wimbledon’ is Now Available in Paperback!

After Wimbledon is now into print!  Much quicker than The Dr Pepper Prophecies since I knew what I was doing this time around and didn’t make a ton of unnecessary work for myself.  There’s no substitute for experience. A great Christmas present for anyone who likes chick lit and tennis (hint, hint)! Direct links Amazon.com, […]

5 Reasons Why You Should Give a Kindle This Christmas

Now, I admit I am a writer who publishes mainly on Kindle, so I am the tiniest bit biased.  But I still think that a Kindle is a wonderful present to give or receive.  Here are some of the many reasons why: Save Money Kindle books are almost always cheaper than paperbacks anyway, because there […]

On Writing

The truth is, I’m not a natural writer.  In the world there are natural story makers, natural speakers and natural writers.  The natural speakers give speeches and motivational talks and the natural writers do non-fiction.  Those who are natural story makers and natural speakers are the ones who tell amazing stories around the camp fire […]