From the bookshelf: January 2018 books I have read
Because I only pressed “publish” on the 18th Jan for the final book in my non-fiction cookbook series, I started out the year a little slow…. ...
Category: Every day life
A standing ovation for my new writing set-up.
There was a lot of talk a few years ago about standing desks and how they were so much better for you, and that “sitting was the new smoking.” But, ...
Is it what the market wants? Or is it what they accept because it’s all that is available to buy and read?
I have mentioned before that I’m not really a fan of the “write to market” concept – in the context of pumping out numerous “same ...
What I read in 2017
Here is a summary of all the books I read in 2017. Click on the image or the link below to go to my thoughts/ review of the books. January February March April ...
From the bookshelf: December 2017 Behind the scenes of A Touch of Magic
In this post I thought I’d share a bit of the “behind the scenes” of A Touch of Magic. Back in 2016 I started reading fiction again after an i...
From the bookshelf: November 2017
Ok so these books didn’t really fit one of my previous themes, so I thought I’d write about them here. They’re 2 very different books. The Bil...
From the bookshelf: October 2017 books I have read
In October I caught up on some of the Sarah Gai books I hadn’t got to read yet. Sarah writes heart-wrenching romances and fun light-hearted plus size chic...
From the bookshelf: September 2017 Liane Moriarty – I am a fan!
Without a doubt, the highlight of my 2017 reading list were these 3 books by Liane Moriarty. Oh. My. God. They are so good! I’ve bought her ...
From the bookshelf: August 2017
In August 2017 my novella A Touch of Magic was published in War Torn: An Anthology in Seven Realms of Fantasy. The anthology had the theme “war” and...
From my bookshelf: July 2017 Books For Authors by Chris Fox
Books for authors part 2. Check out part 1 here. The first book I came across in this series was Write to market. I’ll confess the title and concept turne...