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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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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|

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 […]

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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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Firstly Apologies

By |2023-05-04T13:05:42+12:00January 27th, 2023|FREE Links to my books, News Letter, News Updates, Night Lark, Reviews, Win a FREE book|

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

[…]

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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|

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 […]

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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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Excerpt from Confessions of Love

By |2022-11-04T09:45:45+13:00October 26th, 2022|Confessions of Love, News Letter, News Updates, Short Stories, Short Story, Short Story Collection|

Enjoy an Excerpt from Confessions of Love – a curated collection of ten lovers stories.

Here’s just one of the Ten short stories from Confessions of Love – a Curated Collection of Lovers Stories.

Some of these stories I wrote back in the 1990s! Others were written in the last year or two but all have a theme of love relationships, they’re […]

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 Confessions of Love – A Curated Collection of Lovers Stories

By |2022-10-22T13:24:45+13:00October 22nd, 2022|Coming Soon, News Letter, News Updates, Short Stories, Short Story, Short Story Collection|

Confessions of Love – A Curated Collection of Lovers Stories.

Do you wonder what goes on in other people’s minds? Confessions of Love is a Curated Collection of 10 original, never-seen-before love stories.

Escape into love, adventure, romance, suspense and history amongst the entertaining pages of this well-crafted book. 
Immerse yourself in sharp, bite-sized intrigue and […]

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