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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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Classic Comfort Reads… with Mandy James
The idea behind the Classic Comfort posts is that each featured writer chooses a favourite title from the classics – we’ll define ‘classic’ as pre-1940 – and a favourite comfort read, a book they always return to, for whatever reasons. … Continue reading
Posted in books, Guest Posts
Tagged Amanda James, feel-good fiction, Little Women, Lord of the Rings
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I #amwriting #books in Switzerland…
I have a couple of pieces of book news to share this weekend. First of all, Pact of Silence, suspense novel eleven (I can hardly believe I’ve written eleven…), is up on pre-order now, to be published on November 16th. … Continue reading
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged am writing, crime fiction, feel-good fiction, Hobeck Books, Pact of Silence, Switzerland
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Feel-good for Christmas…
Over the next three weekends, I’ll be posting about Christmas reads, with a post about anthologies next week followed by crime fiction the week after. We’re starting off more romantically, though – if anyone’s looking for a feel-good book for … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged Christmas, feel-good fiction, Morton Gray, Sharon Booth
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The Writing Life: 5 things on my desk…
Around ninety-five per cent of my writing is done at my desk. It’s not a very tidy desk, but it’s at a window overlooking a wood, so the view is spectacular in all seasons. On the photo, taken from my … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland, The Writing Life
Tagged crime fiction, feel-good fiction, Writing
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New land…
It’s been months since I joined Instagram. Yesterday, after months of trial, getting cross, error, and giving up, I finally worked out how to get pics onto my account. You have to use your mobile phone. For someone hopelessly devoted … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged A Lake in Switzerland, charity book, feel-good fiction, Instagram, Switzerland, The Saturday Secret, winter
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