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Tag Archives: The Paradise Trees
What (not) to do when you rerelease a book…
As of yesterday, The Paradise Trees is available again on kindle, with the new-cover paperback coming in September. I’m very grateful for all the help I’ve had from the writing and blogging community – you’ve made it so much easier … Continue reading
Chosen Child – cover reveal
One of the best things about self-publishing is, you get to choose your own cover image. Not that I’m unhappy about my publisher’s choice for my first two books; in fact, until recently, the cover of The Paradise Trees was … Continue reading
New book! The title is…
The first adult novel I started was The Cold Cold Sea, way back when my children were small. I wrote and wrote but then at some point I got stuck… and that was when I started The Paradise Trees. I … Continue reading
2015 – The best of times and the worst of times… (a mimimalist’s version)
This time tomorrow, 2015 will be a thing of the past and we’ll all be watching the New Year’s Concert from Vienna. It’s been a year of ups and downs… Best moment: Holding The Attic Room for the first time. … Continue reading
Toilet roll holders, and other tricky moving-house decisions…
If I had ten franks for every moving-house decision I’ve made in the past two and a bit years I could retire tomorrow, and go and live on a lovely tropical island and write books and watch the sun go … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland, moving house
Tagged large print books, moving house, The Paradise Trees, toilet roll holders
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Switzerland… The Rhine Falls
It’s a murky autumn day here in N.E. Switzerland – the leaves are falling and we can see Lake Constance from the flat again. (That’s it around the middle of the photo.) Ours is the second largest lake in the … Continue reading
Pictures and places…
It’s been a long journey, but the best bit about writing The Attic Room was the fact that I could revisit the book locations in my head. I especially enjoyed the Scottish ones – the lovely Isle of Arran on … Continue reading
Posted in My books, The Writing Life, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged book trailers, Scotland, The Attic Room, The Cold Cold Sea, The Paradise Trees
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Location, Location…
Setting is such an important part of every book, and it’s much easier to write about a place if you know the location well. The Paradise Trees takes place in Yorkshire, The Cold Cold Sea in Cornwall. I’ve visited both … Continue reading
Graffiti – and book cover news!
While our north-side windows here overlook lovely woodland and the lake, the view to the south is plain street. A couple of trees, a car lot – and, diagonally across from us, a building site where they’re constructing a new … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland
Tagged Arbon, cover reveal, graffiti, Switzerland, The Attic Room, The Paradise Trees
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