A Cup of Conversation with author Aaron Brinker
13 Thank you Aaron Brinker for joining me and my readers and welcome to you all to my author interview series – A Cup of Conversation. Aaron has been one of my writing buddies on Twitter for a while now and I just love the way he faces the challenge of writing with a sharp […]
Evagoras Pallikarides, an EOKA hero – his poem which inspired the book title The Summer Will Come
27 Thank you for joining me this week as I share with you the inspiration for the title of my book. The title of my novel The Summer Will Come has been taken from the poem written by Evagoras Pallikarides. Evagoras Pallikarides was a hero and poet. He was born on 27th February 1938 and died on 14th […]
Extract from The Summer Will Come: Doomed…like the journey of Odysseus
18 ‘It’s doomed. It’s doomed,’ repeated her yiayia over and over under her breath but loud enough for Elena to catch. ‘Doomed…like the journey of Odysseus…oh Lord be with us and keep us safe.’ She pulled her black head scarf around her and crossed herself. ‘Stop it,’ said Evangelia. ‘You’re going to scare the children. […]
Extract: The Summer Will Come – out on 25th March 2018
14 ‘When I say “ready”, throw your ammunition,’ commanded Katerina as her words carried on the chilly breath of the wind. Christaki wondered who she was talking to and struggled to catch her words. He couldn’t see anyone around, but then in the far distance he saw Melani. He recognised her yellow dress and floppy […]
Greek Proverbs and sound advice
My poetry collection Sunshine after Rain was inspired by old sayings and phrases and many of my Twitter friends and followers on IG contributed too. I took their favourite saying and used it to create a poem. But it also got me thinking about some of the wise sayings that my own Greek Cypriot grandparents […]
A Cup of Conversation with super glamorous author Rebecca Chance
51 I remember meeting Rebecca and thinking wow! That’s the kind of author I want to be! I was merrily sipping Pimm’s, on a roof top bar in King’s Cross, having been invited to a Blogger and Author’s event by my dear author friend Anne John-Ligali, when boom! Rebecca joined in our conversation which up […]
A Cup of Conversation with author Phyllis Duncan
Welcome to the first A Cup of Conversation of 2018 with fabulous author Phyllis Duncan. Her interview is one not to be missed! She takes part in Nano and used to get told off for writing in her English class and her writing reflects the emotional and very personal experiences of family illness, suicide and […]
5* Review for Broken Pieces of Tomorrow by Sylvia Valevicius (goodreads)
81 Broken Pieces of Tomorrow: Strong women don’t give up…They find a way through tears and thrills to love again… by Soulla Christodoulou Sylvia Valevicius‘s review Jan 08, 2018 it was amazing bookshelves: fiction In spite of the title, ‘Broken Pieces of Tomorrow,’ which suggests disappointments for the protagonist, Georgia, I found this novel […]
Christmas Morning – A poem by Soulla Christodoulou
44 Christmas Morning She woke, stretched arms above her head A starkness, white, across the tiny room It felt as though she floated in her bed Her mind went whoosh and zoom It was Christmas morning And many a sound could be heard Robins twittered without warning Her eyes screwed against the light, blurred She […]
Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes (Part 5)
42 Welcome to Part 5 of this great blog series – Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes. This week’s guest, Allison K. Garcia, has collaborated on this series with me before in Part 4 and she wanted to share another of her inspirational quotes with us. So welcome once again Allison, it’s lovely to have you back […]