5 Ways You Can Support Your Favourite Authors For Free!
I get it, as much as you enjoy reading a particular author’s books, you can’t always afford to buy them all new and in hardback, and pick up a few more to gift to friends and family. And that’s fine!
What’s a Book Blurb and Why is it Important?
A book blurb is the writing on the back of a book telling you what the book is about. It can also be called a back cover blurb or a book description. It’s a short description of the book’s main character
10 Tips to Help You Write An Amazing Synopsis of Your Novel
Is there anything worse in this world than having to write a synopsis? Because I can’t think of anything and there’s a reason why this task is seen as the absolute bane of an author’s life. If you’ve never heard of
Guest Post: The inspiration for Writing Hunter’s Rules by Val Penny
Thank you so much for inviting me onto your blog today, Emma. I am delighted to have a chance to tell you and your readers about Hunter’s Rules, the new novel in my series of The Edinburgh Crime Thrillers. I have
Guest Post: My Writing Journey by Maria Hoey
My writing journey began when I was about eight year old. I began writing little stories and turning them into little books for which I would stitch covers. I have pretty much been writing ever since. At post-primary school I would
Guest Post: Writing and Me. By Chloe Hammond
I love words. I love the way I can have a day-dream or nightmare, or imagine an exciting story, then with carefully placed symbols I create the same feelings in you. My love affair started young, I loved stories being read
My Favourite Indie Bookshops
Is there anything lovelier than visiting a really special bookshop? It’s #LoveMyIndieBookshopWeek so I thought I’d take the opportunity to give a shoutout to my favourite independent bookshops. I live in Wales, so how could I not start with a shop from
My top tip for always remembering where your heroine’s loo is
Have you ever realised you’ve made a mistake with the layout of one of your character’s houses? Maybe you gave them a piano in a sitting room in chapter 1, but it’s materialised in the dining room by chapter 6. Or
My Writing Journey by Pauline Morgan
Many thanks to Emma for inviting me to her blog page. Hi, my name is Pauline Morgan, a debut author of a cosy women’s fiction novel, The Ballynoon Friendship Circle, published in May 2021. This year has been an inspiring time for
My Reading Challenge 2021 – The Results
I read quite a lot, and always have at least a couple of books on the go, but at the beginning of the year I thought I'd take things a little more seriously and set myself a bit of a