Today I’m excited because I’m one of the thirteen finalists for Kiersten Write’s Supernaturally Blurbed Contest! That means if I’m lucky I might win a signed copy of her new novel,Supernaturally, coming August 30th 2011(loving the beautiful cover). There were loads of really hilarious entries that were so much fun to read. I’m voting for […]
Susanne Winnacker is holding an awesome contest over at SusanneWrites called the Blogversary contest. It’s in honour of her blog reaching a year old on March 5th. Two lucky winners get to choose one of a great selection of 2011 debut novels including Across the Universe by Beth Revis and A Touch Mortal by Leah […]
This week I have a glorius holiday from work and I’m definately making the most of it. I actually plotted the YA paranormal fantasy that I’d been daydreaming about. Not only that, I did loads of research into African folklore, mythology and shamanism, fleshed out all of my characters a lot more and then I […]
There is currently a meme going around on facebook which is a list of the UK’s favourite 100 books and the idea is to count which ones you have read. The list is based on the Guardian’s 100 books you can’t live without and the BBC Big Read Top 100 lists, but has significant differences to […]
Let’s make it clear that I’m a BIG Harry Potter fan. I started reading the books when I was about ten or eleven, and as my birthday is the day before Harry’s (30th July) I could really relate to him, being almost the same age. I can remember reading it to my little sister and […]
Okay, so I’ve never dedicated a post to another blog before, but this one definately deserves a mention. Jessica Bell, at The Alliterative Allomorph is only 45 away from a whopping 400 followers! To celebrate this massive achievement she is holding a truly generous giveaway that closes on the 2nd December. Unlike many other giveaways, […]
The opening lines of a novel or short story are probably the most important. They are the first thing that will be read, and readers will decide from that whether they want to continue, so you have to set them up well to make people want to read on. You don’t want to start […]
Lewis Carroll is one of my favourite authors of all time. Here I’ve compiled a selection of my favourite quotes for your enjoyment 🙂 “Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.” “Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.” “Everything’s got […]