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Character interview with Ria, protagonist of RISE!
Meet Ria Ofor - protagonist of RISE!Q - Can you tell us your story?Ria:Thank you for having me. My story is how I came to learn the importance of pursuing the truth. Ever since being in a fire when I...
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Congratulations to the winners of the Rise Giveaway!
Big congratulations to the 3 lucky winners who won an autographed copy of RISE!The giveaway was a truly global one, and the 3 winners reflect that :o) I will be posing your books to you this...
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Happy Release Day!!
Happy Release Day to RISE!! It has officially been released into the world :)AmazonOther retailers coming soon...
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BOOK COVER REVEAL - RISE
So I know that I've been away from the blog for a few months – and this is one of the reasons why – busy, busy, busy with designing, copy-editing, logo designing, you name it. BUT I am very excited to...
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Since I decided to independently / self-publish my debut novel, RISE, I’m thoroughly enjoying the learning process. Part of this is because there’s so much love online. Sure, not everyone who uses...
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Boo!
Howdy everyone! How’re you all doing?Okay, so the mini hiatus I took from the break was longer than anticipated. A lot longer than anticipated. Not intentional when I took a hiatus from the blog,...
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Hey, allThe Blog is going on a mini hiatus due to housing renovations that have turned everything upside down and made blogging very tricky over the last week.I’ll hopefully be back in a couple of...
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Jeez I’ve Written Some Awful Queries
I was looking through some of my old query letters the other day.Heck, if I’d been an agent receiving those queries I’d have rejected me. So many of the things that agents tell us NOT to do, I did....
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The Synonym Finder - 1 Million Synonyms
Hey, all - I've been meaning to recommend this uber-thesaurus for some time.Not sure if you've heard of the book but it's great - has over 1 million synonyms, more than any other thesaurus on the...
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The Best Query Letter Writers? Readers!
Yep, definitely. Have you been onto Amazon and seen the ease in which readers pop out (unintentionally by them) queries?It’s simply in the way they give overviews of books. And what a great job they...
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Catching Motivation
My friend who also writes, asked me to send my first chapter of my second novel so they could read it. Now I was a bit hesitant because it’s a first draft. We all know how awful those are. Though I...
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When Our Parents Were Our Age...
They knew everybody within a ten-mile radiusThey knew the Postman by nameMilk was delivered in bottles straight to the houseThe newspaper, tooTV was in black and whiteThere was no such thing as...
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Blog Swap with Misha Gericke: Dealing with Plot Twists
Today I'm doing a Blog Swap with the very cool Misha Gericke from sunny South Africa. She's here on my blog discussing how she deals with plot twists, and I'm over at her blog discussing how I deal...
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How Many Words are Enough?
We’ve all heard about word counts and book lengths. We’ve also heard about daily quotas of how many words different writers write each day. But how many words written each day are enough? An adult...
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Thumbs up to Jennifer Hillier’s CREEP
I don’t usually do book reviews on the Blog, but I'm making an exception for my Blogger Buddy Jennifer Hillier whose debut thriller, CREEP, came out last week and which I finished reading over the...
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Dodgy Things Writers Do
Stare at strangers on public transport - we call it observingLaugh at the screen while typing – we call this ‘Getting in Character.’Talk to ourselves while writing – Is there a legitimate excuse for...
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Do you ever tweak your genre?
You hear the term a lot when writing about genres and how every book should have specific elements which fit into its category. Of course you get what’s fast becoming known as...
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Wimbledon Recap
I thought I’d do a recap on my day at Wimbledon. Many of you commented how you’d love to go, and like any great sporting event, I’d recommend it.It would be a crime for me to be born and raised in...
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Wimbledon!
Yep, I’m at Wimbledon.At least, I will be by the time Blogger posts this. In fact I have a very strong suspicion that when this post goes live I’ll be stuffing my face with strawberries and cream,...
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