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The synopsis is every author's nightmare. If you have written a novel of 90,000 words, to condense it into a few hundred words is a...

Hunter’s Rules will launch at The Harrogate Crime Festival! Join me and SpellBound Books at 1pm Friday 19th July at the Alexandra in...

I am thrilled to be able to introduce Anna Nicholas, an English author based in Mallorca to the blog today. Her new book, Aunt Maria’s...

The main setting for the DI Hunter Wilson Crime Thrillers is Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is so important that it is almost...

I tutor, lecture and teach writing. I have also penned eight bestselling novels, and have found that authors often struggle with some...

I am delighted to be part of the tour for the new novel, Downstream, the third book in her series the Elabi Chronicles by Maressa...

It is my great pleasure to welcome my friend and fellow author, Miriam Drori back to the blog to discuss her new book, Loyalty and the...

I am pleased to be part of the tour for the new book, Wild Flowers, by Richard Robinson and published by SpellBound Books Ltd. The tour...

It is with great pleasure that I welcome my SpellBound stablemate and fellow author, Martin J. Lake, to the blog today. Martin's debut...

Writing gives us as authors lots of leeway to tell our story in the way we want to. We want to use humour as a way to engage our readers....

It is my great pleasure to welcome debut author Hetty Waite to the blog today to discuss her new novel, Mutate being published by...

I have been writing and telling stories all my life. When I was a child, I used to make up stories for my little sister after our Mum put...

I am delighted to welcome my friend and fellow author, Andrew J. Roberts to the blog today to discuss his new book, Homecoming and all...

I am pleased to have an opportunity to chat with author Marsali Taylor about her new book, Death at a Shetland Festival, the most recent...

It is a thrill to introduce you to my fellow Swanicker and author, Anita D. Hunt. Anita is anticipating the publication of her debut...

Many authors are daunted by the prospect of finding a literary agent to represent them. For some it is their main goal, others ignore the...

It is a pleasure to introduce Tracey Holland to the blog. Tracey is a debut novelist whose first book Faith's Folly in her Willowbrooke...

I am delighted to be part of the tour for the gripping new book, Death at a Shetland Festival by Marsali Taylor. Thanks to Marsali Taylor...

Today I welcome my friend and fellow author, Jennifer C. Wilson to the blog to talk novels, book birthdays and all things writing. Thank...

I live in a village in South West Scotland and was delighted when, a few years ago, Karen Campbell ran a writers' workshop in the library...