Blog Tour Day 7 – a conversation

It's the final day of the book tour week, and this week has certainly whizzed by. So my final three bloggers, last by no means least, include another extract from The Last Thing She Said. Mixing Reality with Fiction - Review The Divine Write - Review Ali- The Dragon Slayer -…

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Blog Tour Day 6 – Love and Romance

The penultimate day of my book tour! There's still much I want to tell you about the book, but I don't want to ruin the plot. My guest post goes a little way to anwer some of those questions about the story, but not too much I hope. Mai's Musings…

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Blog Tour Day 5 – Read an extract

Do you need to read a passage to help you make up your mind? I know when I'm looking at books on Amazon I wish I could see inside, and not just the opening chapters. When I'm in a bookshop, I thumb through a paperback and pick a few pages…

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Blog Tour Day 4 – Two reviews and a guest post.

Today I'm visiting some wonderfully named book bloggers. I would like to think my book is devilishly delicious, especially as it opens with a chocolate birthday cake and a quirky ritual involving blowing out a solitary candle. Devilishly Delicious Book Review - Review Splashes into Books - Review Nemesis Book…

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Blog Tour Day 3 – How do I write?

Once again I'm off gallivanting around the country, and the world. I'm taking my book, The Last Thing She Said, to The Netherlands, Ohio, where part of the book is set, and Bristol, where I happily lived for several years as a student. B for Bookreview - a Q&A about…

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Blog Tour Day 2 – the continuing voyages of an author

I'm excited that my book, The Last Thing She Said, has managed to cross not one sea, but two.  I'm visiting Europe and America.  A big thanks to these book bloggers and reviewers for take the time to review and host my book. A few chapters of the book are…

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Blog Tour Day 1. Come meet the book bloggers

I'm excited to be setting out today on a book tour featuring The Last Thing She Said.  It's a seven day amble, taking in book bloggers and reviewers, and I'm delighted they have offered to host me on their websites. A big thank you to everyone helping me promote my…

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The Last Thing She Said – who will believe her?

Birthdays are family time. The giving and receiving of presents, a cake maybe, and perhaps a party. For Rose, a birthday is a day to spend in the company of her granddaughters. She likes cake, especially chocolate cake, and always has one candle on top of it to blow out.…

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Countdown: ready to meet the Liddell sisters?

Thursday is the big day. Like most authors I'm filled with excitement and trepidation. Will anyone notice it, read it? Like my new book? It's a voyage into the unknown. Writing a book is often similar to a journey. You have a bunch of characters whom you pick to take…

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A trip down memory lane in Norfolk

For our holiday, my family and I crossed the expanse of the Midlands to visit the Norfolk coast. We drove through The Fens, where parents lived out their childhood, and saw the house where my mother was born, the market town where my father's family had a store and by…

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