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Wedding Bells… #books
It’s been a busy week for me here in N.E. Switzerland. It’s been pretty cold, too, which at least means I’m less tempted to abandon my computer and go outside… I took this photo of our lovely, but chilly lake yesterday. So, book news: Wedding Bells at the Lakeside Hotel was released without a hitch on…
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And – it’s a wedding! #books
Wedding Bells are set to ring for Stacy and Rico in my coming book, out in under two weeks now and available for preorder around January 15th. Have a look at the lovely cover image, designed as usual for this series by James at Go On Write – thank you so much, James. I particularly…
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2023 – the year that was…
It’s been a busy year here in N.E. Switzerland, both in my writing and more generally too. And it’s been an odd one, because this is the first year since 2012 that I haven’t had a new suspense book published. On the other hand, it’s the first year ever where I’ve self-published four books (the…
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Merry Christmas to all!
I’m sure everyone has more than enough to do on Christmas Eve, so this is a very quick post to say MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, and great good luck for 2024! I really appreciate all the help and support I have from the reading, writing and blogging communities – especially this year when I’ve had…
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Snow… and a #freebook
Winter has arrived in N.E. Switzerland. By the middle of last week, a sugar-coating of snow was covering our local Alpstein mountains, and I went for a tramp above St Gallen with a friend. Then yesterday (Saturday), we had the serious snow. 30cm plus fell on St Gallen, so the path we walked along will…
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Autumn in Switzerland #SilentSunday
Almost silent, anyway… As you see, the website is still a work in progress, but I have three lovely autumn photos from Pixabay today. I’ve been to all these places, though not always at this time of year. First up is Tarasp Castle in Lower Engadin, S.E. Switzerland. A different scene below – Geneva and…
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Cover Love – with Carmen Radtke #books
I read once that the main purpose of a book cover is to attract the reader’s attention. Obviously, it should have something to do with the subject of the book too – you wouldn’t put an image of a vegetable garden on a book called How to Crochet, but the cover needn’t tell the story…
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Street Art in Switzerland #travel
As you see, the blog/website has a new look now – this is a work in progress, so bear with us as we (ie Son 2) get it up and running. A few weeks ago, writers Louise Mangos and Alison Baillie and I went to the street art exhibition held all over the town centre…
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Book Bargain #99p/c and a gorgeous chalet pic #travel
Christmas at the Lakeside Hotel is out now and a bargain at 99p or equivalent – this won’t last long, so grab it while it’s hot! Meanwhile, book 1 in the series, Saving the Lakeside Hotel is in Amazon Prime Reading in the UK at the moment, so if you have Prime, you can download…
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Christmas without Santa? #books
It’s been a busy few weeks here in N.E. Switzerland – not long now until the new book comes out! It’s the start of the Christmas celebrations at the Lakeside Hotel, and Stacy and Rico are gearing up for the season of peace and goodwill. But – is Christmas really Christmas without Santa? Because Santa…
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