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9 03, 2023

Afghan Mother And Five Children

By |2023-03-09T15:12:25+13:00March 9th, 2023|Afghan Mother and Five Children, News Updates|0 Comments

Many of you will know that I support an Afghan mother and five children along with a small group of friends. 

Mahnaz Sharifi, a fourteen year old girl living in Kabul with her mother and four siblings is the gifted young artist that created these pencil drawings. We are selling them on printed cards to help support this family.

After Afghanistan […]

7 03, 2023

The Foster Mother Blurb

By |2023-03-07T15:48:10+13:00March 7th, 2023|Coming Soon, Excerpt Work in Progress, Foster Mother, News Letter, News Updates, The Foster Mother|0 Comments

For me the hardest thing to write has been The Foster Mother Blurb.

Here is the Foster Mother Blurb after input from award winning experts and about a dozen teeth grinding rewrites from me.

There’s a world of difference between a mother and a psychopath. But sometimes, it’s hard to tell them apart… 

When a young mother abandons her baby in […]

22 02, 2023

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|Comments Off on Reworking the Core Part

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 […]

11 02, 2023

Valentina The Draft Prologue

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

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 […]

30 01, 2023

Duplicity Hit 200 Book Reviews

By |2023-01-30T13:15:26+13:00January 30th, 2023|Duplicity, Night Lark, Reviews|Comments Off on Duplicity Hit 200 Book Reviews

Recently I’ve sounded obsessive about book reviews but there is some good news. Duplicity has hit the 200 reader review mark.

It’s a bit like dating. If you aren’t looking for that perfect partner, then you’ll stumble across him in the most unexpected place. It’s the same with book reviews. I’ve been down in the dumps with frustration over […]

27 01, 2023

Firstly Apologies

By |2023-01-27T10:09:19+13:00January 27th, 2023|FREE Links to my books, News Letter, News Updates, Night Lark, Reviews, Win a FREE book|Comments Off on Firstly Apologies

Firstly Apologies!

After initial feedback from early readers of Night Lark I’ve had the book re-edited and also upgraded its cover.

I’m sending this email with, firstly apologies, and the replacement new link so you can download a FREE updated copy

If the link doesn’t work please copy and paste this into your online browser:

https://storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies/ea07a970-3e80-11ed-8106-33befb71d110

[…]

19 01, 2023

Night Lark is FREE from 21st to 25th January

By |2023-01-19T13:05:52+13:00January 19th, 2023|News Letter, News Updates, Night Lark, Reviews, Win a FREE book|Comments Off on Night Lark is FREE from 21st to 25th January

Night Lark is FREE from the 21st to the 25th January.

Night Lark is an intense Romantic Suspense with an enemies to lovers tale to make your heart race.

Here are a couple of Reader comments from Amazon.com in the USA.

“Many twists and turns to the book that will keep you turning page after page. Great read I really enjoyed […]

10 01, 2023

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|Comments Off on Starting 2023 with a new psychological thriller

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, […]

27 12, 2022

Step Away from Social Media

By |2022-12-27T14:47:45+13:00December 27th, 2022|News Letter, News Updates, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Step Away from Social Media

I’m stepping away from Social Media.

Moving away from social media is big move after years of involvement. I’ve been mulling over this shift for some months and now seems like the best time. A clean start in 2023!

I don’t know about you, but nearly everyone I speak to both here and overseas, has the same sense of the world spiralling our […]

19 11, 2022

FREE Links to most of My Books

By |2022-12-15T17:30:24+13:00November 19th, 2022|Confessions of Love, Crow's Song, Duplicity, FREE Links to my books, News Letter, News Updates, Night Lark, No Ordinary Man, Reviews, Shadow Between Lies, Win a FREE book|Comments Off on FREE Links to most of My Books

GOOD News!

As a BIG thank you to my readers I’ve made most of my books FREE until 22nd November!

A small gesture from me to THANK YOU for your support of my writing career. Until the 22nd November most of my seven books will be FREE or discounted on Amazon worldwide.

Click on this link  or post the link below […]

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