Very pleased to announce that as the book wholesalers Gardners Books are now carrying my titles, you should be able to order, where they aren’t already in stock, from your local bookshop as well as online. Please do support your local bookshops where you can, …
Read MoreReview: To Kiss You Again – Nicola Lowe
This is my first sequel review! I’ve previously posted about The Missed Kiss, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and this is the further adventures of Lily, Zack, Luke, Cassie et al. I’ll admit to a little apprehensiveness when starting, as there’s always the worry in a …
Read MoreI Love Bookshops
I’m delighted that The Raven Sound is now available in paperback at the wonderful News From Nowhere bookshop in Liverpool. Bookshops have suffered a lot during lockdown, and there’s nothing quite like browsing the wonderful papery goodness of novels on the shelf, so I’m very …
Read MoreProof Copy of Hope
So, the first proof of Hope Is A Six Letter Word arrived, really quickly in fact, and as this is in my writing process series, I’ll stop right there and point out how important it is for authors to pay close attention to these. It …
Read MoreNeglected Bookbaby – The Raven Sound
I’ve been feeling very guilty recently over the lack of promotion I’ve given to The Raven Sound, which is one of my favourite and most personal book babies. The other novels have had digital giveaways and pushes on social media, but I seem to have …
Read MoreIt’s Alive!
Very excited that the files and cover now uploaded to Amazon for Hope Is A Six Letter Word. As is usual, and as this covers the publishing journey there were a couple of glitches. For some unknown reason, I still haven’t worked out why, the …
Read MoreWhat I Did On My Week Off
So, a week off work and very little what I hoped to do actually done, though I did manage a research trip to Llangollen. I’m at one of those stages when there are so many writing tasks I feel I should be doing that it’s …
Read MoreFinished!
Phew. I really wanted to use my time off to complete Hope Is A Six Letter Word, and we’re there, after several days of intense corrections from my proofer, and another ‘Read Aloud’ edit (using the inbuilt functionality of Word) which I can’t recommend enough. …
Read MoreProudly announcing the next cover!
We got there! The next stage of the process foe the cover was some tweaking and hard decisions, and we narrowed down to a new font, two title options, and either in red, orange and purple, which I duly sent to trusted friends and colleagues …
Read MoreI ‘Hope’ You Like My Cover
So I’m back to the process of putting together the pre-release info for my next book, Hope Is A Six Letter Word (provisional release date April 15th), hence the awful pun in the post title. I have my isbn assigned now, so it can start …
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