The paperback version of Snowflakes and Shivers went to my publisher today. I’m hoping to get the proof back in time for the Gift Fair at Romsey Town Hall on Saturday 18th. The ebook versions are also ready and uploaded,
Book Review | The Age of Misadventure by Judy Leigh
The Age of Misadventure is the second novel by Judy Leigh. HarperCollins, the publishers, offered me an ARC through Netgalley, since I’d reviewed A Grand Old Time during last year’s #AtoZChallenge and loved it. Read on to find out what I thought of
Yet another new book! Princelings Box Set 2
Another new book follows hard on the heels of Curved Space to Corsair. This time, it’s back to the Princelings series with…. The Princelings of the East Books 4-6 I said I needed to read the earlier books again before
A Viridian System Sampler – pre-order now!
With The Perihelix coming out in January, I’ve been working on a little teaser for you – a set of eight short stories (all previously published on this blog) which map the development of the Viridian System and the characters
Adventures in Book Publishing
It’s been a crazy month. Anyone who self-publishes knows the hoops you have to go through to get your file ready for Kindle. If, like me, you like your books to go to other ereaders like Nook and Kobo or
Book Blast – Raising Sleeping Stones
Today (as I warned you yesterday) is World Book Day. When I saw the promotion for Raising Sleeping Stones I thought: what a great idea to celebrate today – since this is much more than an ebook, and offers a
Watch out for Read Tuesday
Read Tuesday is on Tuesday 9th December 2014 It’s a Black Friday type of sales event, but just for books. It will be a great opportunity to buy and gift books at amazing sales prices. It will also be a
Bravo Victor Launch Haiku!
It’s finally here! Bravo Victor the ebook – Now on Amazon! Bravo Victor is the sixth in The Princelings of the East series, and stars Victor, keeper of the Inn of the Seventh Happiness, a much-loved character in four of
Echo & The Girl Who Dreamt of Dolphins
When I realised today’s NATO Alphabet word was Echo I became obsessed with echolocation and talking about dolphins. I don’t really know why, but it did also give me the chance to read and review another book for the usual
The Talent Seekers on Amazon
It’s here! The Talent Seekers has arrived. It’s now available on Amazon worldwide at http://www.amazon.com/Talent-Seekers-Princelings-East-ebook/dp/B00CWKBIN4/ Change the .com to your country store code if you’re in UK, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Japan or Brazil. Humphrey is on the run. He
Book Review: The Golden Scarab by S W Lothian
JJ is absolutely ordinary. His friend Linc is pretty normal, especially with his love of food and adventure, probably in that order! So how come a statue in a museum starts talking to them? This is a time travel adventure,
The Talent Seekers – Cover Reveal!
The Talent Seekers – the fifth book in the Princelings series – will be released later this month. Humphrey is on the run. He has no friends, no past, no purpose, and no future. He’s just a guinea pig trying
Love Middle Grade Books – Love our Competition!
WIN A KINDLE FIRE (Value of $159!) WIN A $10 AMAZON GIFTCARD! WIN GREAT MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS! Download this e-book, find the secret phrase, and enter it into the contest link embedded in the e-book to be entered into the
My ‘review’ of Traveler in Black and White for Goodreads
The Traveler in Black and White by Jemima Pett My rating: 5 of 5 stars My fourth book, and of course I think it’s even better than the first three! This book followed hard on the heels of the Trilogy
Now on the Independent Author Index
It’s taken a while to get set up on this site, but there are reasons for that. What I like about it is that each of the books has an extract available (somewhere) which is one of my choosing. Usually