It is a joy to have my friend Miriam Drori return to the blog on the publication of her new book Re-Connection. It is always lovely to have early details of a newly launched book, but especially when the author is a personal friend. The tour for the book of short stories entitled Re-Connections is run by Lynsey Adams of Reading Between the Lines and I am grateful to her for inviting me to take part. Thank you for having me back on your blog, Val. I was inspired to put Re-Connections together...

I attended my first Book Signing in the summer of 2024. Books on the Beach was held in Blackpool and run by Lizzie James. Lizzie is a delightful human being. She is organised, patient, kind, runs exceptional author events and is a USA Today bestselling author. Of course, as this form of author celebration was new to me, I needed a great deal of support and asked many questions, all of which Lizzie asnwered with patience and a smile. What I enjoyed most about this book signing was meeting...

I write two series of books and chose to write my books in series in order to develop my characters. However, I have also written stories with standalone characters and, indeed, all my books can be read in any order as standalone novels. There are certainly advatages and disadvantages to writing a series or standalones books. I want to explore those here. Advantages: For me the big draw for writing a series was the opportunity for character development because writing a series of novels...