Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

...Sophie thinks it’s a crazy idea to involve her friend’s gardener brother, Marcus, in her make-up tutorial videos, especially as they have a habit of rubbing each other up the...

Julia Ibbotson – The Dark Ages Uncovered: Myth And Misconceptions

...until the great King Arthur came and sorted them all out? Well, not necessarily so … Firstly, we refer to the ‘dark ages’ as the period between the withdrawal of...

Ann Evans: Hints & Tips For New Writers #6

...But I digress. And again, those aggressive traits aren’t really the true him, merely her perception of him, or circumstances, with good reason behind his fierce/unpleasant behaviour. It hardly seems...

Sheila Norton – Winter At Cliff’s End Cottage

...on the South Devon coast, its garden has begun slowly toppling into the sea, yet the elderly and infamously stubborn owner Stella refuses to leave her home. When Holly, a...

July 2018: New Releases

...family farm in 1940, she’s comforted by the fact that the occupying forces are far away in the north. Surely the stranglehold of war wouldn’t reach her family in the...

Ask An Industry Expert: Hattie Grunewald

...career as a writer – the pressure of having to write regularly and the constant evaluation by my peers and tutors really dampened my creative spark. Hopefully I’m a bit...

Author In The Hot Seat – Jessica Redland

...Beginnings at Seaside Blooms (formerly Searching for Steven) – Sometimes love can bloom where you least expect it Book 3 – Finding Hope at Lighthouse Cove (formerly Getting Over Gary)...

Carol Thomas: Maybe Baby

...dates fitted accurately. I also went on a very productive writing retreat in Umbria led by Sue Moorcroft. Due to various unforeseen circumstances, I was the only attendee and so...

Francesca Capaldi – Hope In The Valleys

...RNA and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists. Francesca currently lives in Kent with her family and a cat called Lando Calrissian.           Social Media:...

Jo Lyons And Her Hilarious Debut Novel: Benidorm, Actually

...two years because of Covid. Meanwhile my mother’s dementia became increasingly worse and when her daily calls at 10am every morning suddenly stopped and she no longer remembered to ask...

#IndieApril Author Spotlight: Liz Harris

...the self-published route? For money! That does sound awful, doesn’t it, and it was actually a bit more than that, but I was aware of what a couple of indie...

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