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Why I Wrote The Foster Mother

By |2024-04-16T08:30:03+12:00April 16th, 2024|Excerpt Work in Progress, Foster Mother, News Blog Update, News Letter, Reviews, The Foster Mother, Valentina|

Why did you write The Foster Mother?

Embarking on the journey of writing, The Foster Mother, was a deeply personal endeavour for me, rooted in a poignant chapter of my own life.

Years ago, I opened my heart and home to a fragile five-week-old baby girl, removed from her biological mother’s care due to neglect and abuse.

Through nearly […]

Foster Mother Reviews

By |2023-07-21T11:24:13+12:00June 19th, 2023|Foster Mother, News Blog Update, News Letter, News Updates, The Foster Mother, Valentina|

My new psychological thriller, The Foster Mother, was published two weeks ago.

The good news is that The Foster Mother has reviews in the USA with a rating of 4.5 stars.

Because the story is set in NZ & Australia, across three of their main cities, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth, I ideally need to attract more readers in both […]

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The Foster Mother has Its Official Cover!

By |2023-05-04T13:01:49+12:00April 15th, 2023|Coming Soon, Foster Mother, News Letter, News Updates, The Foster Mother, Valentina|

After much book-cover angst over my new psychological thriller, The Foster Mother, I bit the bullet.

I put the job out to professional cover designers in USA.

Three weeks later they returned with their concept mockup. It immediately took my breath away!

Giving them the brief put me on the spot. They asked all kinds of questions about the plot, the characters […]

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The Foster Mother Flying High

By |2023-03-26T11:49:45+13:00March 26th, 2023|Coming Soon, Excerpt Work in Progress, Foster Mother, News Letter, News Updates, The Foster Mother, Valentina|

Flying High After Finishing, The Foster Mother, my new Psychological Thriller.

I won’t be flying high for very long as the completed manuscript for, The Foster Mother, is  already out with a team of eagle-eyed Beta Readers and a professional editor who will all have much to say!

So I’m braced for their very valuable advice and for lots of red […]

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Reworking the Core Part

By |2023-02-22T13:48:06+13:00February 22nd, 2023|Coming Soon, Excerpt Work in Progress, Foster Mother, News Letter, News Updates, Valentina|

Learning new things and reworking the core part of an author business is critical these days.

Yesterday I spent three amazing hours with publishing book consultant and author extraordinaire, Kirsten McKenzie. It was an eye-opening session and reinforces the much repeated concept that you don’t know what you don’t know. It turns out I hardly know a thing.

She discussed my […]

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Valentina The Draft Prologue

By |2023-02-16T12:54:52+13:00February 11th, 2023|Coming Soon, Excerpt Work in Progress, Valentina|

I’ve been working on, Valentina, the draft Prologue for my new psychological thriller.

You may like to read Valentina-the draft prologue, and give me feedback, so I can improve my story telling skills?

Nora is the protagonist and this is setting the tone for this dark psychological thriller.

Chapter 1

PROLOGUE – Nora

I was twelve when my mother […]

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Starting 2023 with a new psychological thriller

By |2023-01-10T15:28:04+13:00January 10th, 2023|Coming Soon, Excerpt Work in Progress, News Letter, News Updates, Valentina|

I’m starting 2023 with a new psychological thriller, not literally darlings, although it’s tempting!! 

This first newsletter for the year has updates about my new psychological thriller, Valentina, (the name of a neglected and abandoned baby). It’s only a working title at this stage.

I’m about a third into it and there’s much more meaty stuff to write.

The basic story outline, […]

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