Holiday, Christmas and Festive fun story prompts
31 I wanted this week’s post to fit in with the festive spirit that comes with Christmas whether you celebrate or not. I remember being at school with Jewish children, Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims and they all still looked in awe at the wonder that seemed to surround Christmas time even though they didn’t celebrate. So […]
Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes (Part 4)
Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes (Part 4) Hello and welcome if this is not your first visit to the blog series Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes. The series will be an on-going one and I’m delighted so many of you are reading the blog and visiting my website too! In Part 4 of the series one of […]
A Cup of Conversation with Ellen Read, author of The Dragon Sleeps
Welcome to this week’s A Cup of Conversation with Ellen Read, the author of The Dragon Sleeps – an historical murder mystery romance novel, and Love The Gift – an eBook Novella, a time slip romance, a story to heal grief. Ellen was born in Queensland, Australia. She loves to read fiction, non-fiction, poetry. She particularly loves […]
A Cup of Conversation with Rebekah Lee Jenkins, author of THE NIGHT THEY CAME FOR Til
A huge welcome to A Cup of Conversation with author Rebekah Lee Jenkins, Becky to her friends, who shares many insights into her wonderful writing journey, including her next novel ‘Prosecuting Priscilla’ and how she loses herself in times gone by and a Gin and Tonic keeps her company as she writes! Thank you for […]
Happy Book Talking…Book Club Guide
Welcome to my blog post on general questions and areas to focus on to kick-start discussion after reading my novels (or any novel for that matter) although I’m sure you will have plenty of your own too! How did you experience the book? Were you engaged immediately, or did it take you a while to “get into it”? […]
Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes (Part 1)
Hi there and welcome! Today’s blog post is about writing quotes. I absolutely love quotes about writing as well as those which inspire and encourage us. Those of you who follow me on Twitter know I tweet famous writing quotes as well as those from less well-known people often. I also tweet my own snippets […]
Writing a book review…I really enjoyed the book because…
I met up with an old work colleague recently and we got talking about all things bookish. She said that she loved reading but admitted she was guilty of rarely leaving a review as she just didn’t know what to say other than ‘great book’. And let’s face it that wouldn’t be too helpful to […]
A Cup of Conversation with Suzy Henderson, author of The Beauty Shop.
I have recently got to know Suzy through Twitter and have since read her novel The Beauty Shop which is a warm story of love and the struggles faced to overcome the adversity that war brings with it. With a passion for military history and a weakness for ginger cake Suzy loves her writer’s life […]
A Cup of Conversation with Abigail Shepherd, author of Victoria’s Victorian Victory
I have connected with many authors, writers and people involved in all things writing and Abigail was one of my first followers on Instagram. In this Author Interview, she reveals how Enid Blyton influenced her own writing style, she drinks tea and gin and is a pantser! I hope you enjoy her interview as much […]