books
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I’ve enjoyed reading Teri Polen‘s blog for a while now and when I saw the image of her latest book cover, The Power of Three, it really caught my eye. I then read the blurb and knew I was going to love the book. Here’s a bit about the book: Yesterday, a curse. Today, an…
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For those of you who regularly read my blog, you’ll know the first book in my children’s series will be coming out later this year. It’s called The Secret Dragon and is part of the Saffy’s Secret Quest Series. My illustrator has been hard at work creating a gorgeous cover and also some interior images.…
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Over the last couple of weekends, I’ve been introducing you to my upcoming series of children’s chapter books for 5-7 year olds. The series is called Saffy’s Secret Quest and the first book in the series is The Secret Dragon. Here’s a little bit about the story to hopefully hook your interest: Saffy’s boring summer…
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I met the wonderful crime writer Val Penny at Swanwick Writing Summer School a few years ago and she’s been incredibly supportive of me and my writing. I’d been meaning to buy one of her DI Hunter books and I thought I’d start with the first in the series. That was my plan, but I…
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My partner, who is also a writer, was on an author panel at a writing event last year, with a new author called Jo Callahan. Whenever he’s on a panel, he always reads the other authors’ books. When it came to reading Jo’s, he couldn’t put it down and urged me to read it. I…
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I wrote a blog post a while ago, hinting that I would soon have some book news regarding a dragon. Well, I thought it about time I enlightened you. A number of years ago, I wrote a chapter book series for children aged 5-7 years old. There were six books in the series and I…
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I met the lovely Graham Bartlett at a writing event this year where we were both teaching. Graham is a former police detective and now writes crime fiction, as well as acting as a police advisor to authors and TV writers. If you need help with your police procedurals or any element of crime fiction,…
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Heather Beveridge was a guest on my blog a few weeks ago with Mutate, the first book in a trilogy, which she wrote under the pen name of Hetty Waite. If you missed it, you can read it here. I’ve just finished the book and wanted to share my review with you. Here is the…
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My guest for this spot this week is the wonderful crime writer Val Penny, who writes the DI Hunter Wilson and DS Jane Renwick series. I first met Val at Swanwick Writers’ Summer School and she’s become a good friend and has been immensely supportive of my writing. As Christmas is coming, it’s only fitting…
Esther Chilton 