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The Un-Family
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The Runaway
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Category Archives: My books
New book on the way! #amwriting #travel And it’s set by a lake in Switzerland…
Several years ago now, I self-published the Lakeside Hotel series, five feel-good novellas about Stacy from Cheshire and Rico from N.E. Switzerland. It was fun, and a restful contrast to my rather gloomier psychological suspense fiction, but I always felt … Continue reading
2022… The best of times and the worst of times #NewYear
If anything taught us that nothing lasts forever, it was 2022. The moment we got used to the covid numbers going down, up they went again. As soon as we were accustomed to calling one person ‘the prime minister’, someone … Continue reading
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged 2022, books, crime fiction, feel-good fiction, Happy New Year, Hobeck Books, reading, Writing
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Mixed news… #books
This is the blog post that should have gone out last week, after the scheduled release of my new book The Un-Family on the 14th. The bad news is, due to an Amazon glitch (they needed proof – twice – … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged animals, crime fiction, Hobeck Books, publishing process, The Un-Family
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New Book… #amwriting #coverreveal
And here it is, the sensational cover image for my new book, The Un-Family, which will be published on November 15th. Big thanks here to Hobeck Books and their cover designer Jayne Mapp, who also designed the images for Daria’s … Continue reading
#amwriting in a heatwave… #summer ’22
It’s been hottish, these past few weeks. I’ve often wished my ‘writing cave’ was a real cave, deep in a windswept cliff, perhaps, with lovely cold water running down the walls and bats flapping in and out. Or maybe not. … Continue reading
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged Book Lover's Companion, Hobeck Books, Louise Mangos, podcast, Writing
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Book news! #amwriting #crimefiction
About ten days ago, a contract arrived in N.E. Switzerland. I signed, and sent it back to crime fiction publisher Hobeck Books, where it arrived on Friday. So now it’s official – book twelve is on the way, and I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged books, crime fiction, Hobeck Books, publishing, Writing
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I #amwriting, #travel in Switzerland and a Chill award!
It’s been a busy week here in N.E Switzerland. On Monday, I travelled to Zürich to meet up with writing friends Louise Mangos – who’s coming on the blog later this month with her choice of Classic Comfort books – … Continue reading
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life, travel
Tagged Alison Baillie, books, editing, Hobeck Books, Louise Mangos, Writing
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Not such a happy coincidence…
As coincidences go, it was a big one, and it nearly meant that one of my books wasn’t finished, never mind published. Going back a couple of years, I was watching a TV programme called The Heir Hunters, which was … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life, travel
Tagged Glasgow, Glasgow Hospice, Stolen Sister, the cover collection, Writing
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Visiting Tony Riches…
This week, I’m on Tony Riches’ blog, answering questions about Pact of Silence and writing in general. Do have a look, and while you’re there check out the rest of Tony’s website and his historical fiction set in Tudor times. … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby Dear, kindle deal, Pact of Silence, Tony Riches
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Visiting Susanna Bavin…
A few weeks ago, writer Susanna Bavin, who writes as herself, Polly Heron and Maisie Thomas, invited me back to her blog to talk about cover love. It’s a great topic for a blog series, because while the main job … Continue reading