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The Talking to My Friends About Books Podcast: Gina Hollands on The Fall and Rise of Ronni Fairweather
I love chatting to people about books. And talking to an author about their latest project is always fun. Fellow Ruby Fiction author, Gina Hollands has a new book out. So, wee caught up on Zoom and she told me what it's about. Click here to listen [playlist...
read moreWrite Like There’s No-One Watching (or write because it makes you feel good)
I've just finished writing my fourth novel, and now I have three already published books under my belt - two written in the last two years, and the first written over a much longer period of time - I have taken a step back and asked myself - why do I write? Or why on...
read moreStrictly Christmas Spirit – Helen Buckley
My Spotlight Series is all about fame and love, with characters who are singers, actresses, dancers, sports stars and reality TV performers. The stories can all be read as stand-alones, and you can be sure they’ll have dramatic twists and turns! The Series contains...
read moreChris and Lizzie’s Book Marketing Adventure – What’s Under Your Nose
When I meet up with my friend and fellow author, Lizzie Chantree we often have an idea of what we want to talk about. What actually happens is that we veer off in all sorts of different directions both verbally and when we are actually physically moving around!...
read moreChristmas of New Beginnings – Kirsty Ferry
Christmas is not far away, and there's a little bit of festive sparkle in the air, plus it's the time of year when some fabulous Christmas reads are published. Kirsty Ferry's new book is called Christmas of New Beginnings and it's a perfect story to get you into the...
read moreHelen Bridgett – Wrong Sort of Girl – Book 2 in the Maxie Reddick Series
I love hearing about the way authors discover their characters and bring them to life. Helen Bridgett's new book, Wrong Sort of Girl, features the crime-solving Professor Maxie Reddick, who's been inspired by elements of a well-known actress and one of Helen's...
read moreWriting the raunchy times – Lucy Keeling
I have been asked how I write romantic and sexy scenes in my books. In all honesty, I'm still stuck in the From Here to Eternity waves lapping on the shore kind of thing, so I thought I'd ask my friend, Lucy Keeling, who has written three funny, contemporary novels...
read moreThe road to publication: Anni Rose on Recipe for Mr Perfect
I love hearing how authors started writing and went on to get their books on the shelves. We are all different and the number of ways we got to achieve our ambitions to become published writers are as varied as the number of published writers themselves. That means...
read moreFinding Summer Happiness – spot of gazing at the stars
I do love staring at the sky at night. I have no knowledge of astronomy at all really (although rectifying this is something on the top of my list of things to do, which I haven’t actually done yet…) However, what I can say with complete certainty is that a black sky...
read moreA Villa in Portofino by Evonne Wareham
I'm completely in love with Italy and have definitely put Evonne Wareham's new novel, A Villa in Portifino on my to be read list. So, I thought I'd invite her onto my blog to give a bit of background to the novel. As she says...it's complicated! Many thanks to Chris...
read moreChris and Lizzie’s Book Marketing Adventures: Trains, Planes and Automobiles – or ‘going with the flow’
I always look forward to meeting up with Lizzie Chantree. We have a lot of fun, talk about books, our ideas, how we write, and all sorts of random stuff! We always start with a plan...a cup of coffee, and if our meeting is in Southend, a full English breakfast in one...
read moreHer Nanny’s Secret by Jan Baynham
My fellow Ruby Fiction author, Jan Baynham has a new novel published this week. Her Nanny's Secret is set in Wales and France, and Jan explains how and why she choses her locations Thank you, Chris, for having me on your blog to talk about my third novel, Her Nanny’s...
read moreChris and Lizzie’s Book Marketing Adventure: Films – where we take our books on location. Can someone make some films of our books please…?
Lizzie Chantree and I during one of our long, industrious meetings (which is what we call a - breakfast, b - coffee, c breakfast and coffee, d - coffee and cake) discovered that we both love films and we are both rather keen to have our novels adapted for the big...
read moreThe Talking to my Friends About Books Podcast: Sue McDonagh and The Art Cafe Series
My new novel, Finding Summer Happiness is set on the Pembrokeshire coastline and reflects my love of the south Wales coast. i was born in Neath in South Wales and have always been entranced by the beaches, coves, cliffs and landscape of that part of the world....
read moreThe Talking to My Friends About Books Podcast: Gina Hollands
In this episode of The Talking to My Friends About Books Podcast, fellow Choc-Lit and Ruby Fiction author, Gina Hollands chat about her latest novel, Yours Trudy and our shared love of salsa dancing. She explained how she started salsa Listen here:...
read moreChris and Lizzie’s Book marketing adventure! Or Lizzie and Chris and the Blustery Day…
From Chris: Writing can be very solitary really. Even if you’re sitting in a café working on your latest masterpiece, you’re still alone with your own imagination, because, basically, you have to be to create the world you’re putting on the page. So, its...
read moreThe Talking to my friends about Books Podcast: Rob Jelly
I'm really enjoying arranging chats with my friends about the books they are reading. And I'm also enjoying listening back to them. I now have a long list of new novels to discover which is growing and growing. In this episode of The Talking to my Friends about Books...
read moreShh… It’s Our Secret, by Lizzie Chantree
I'm delighted to welcome international best selling author, Lizzie Chantree onto my blog today to celebrate the publication of her new book on May 6th 2021 Over to you Lizzie! Shh… It’s Our Secret, by Lizzie Chantree Thank you for inviting me onto your blog today and...
read moreThe Talking to my friends about Books Podcast: Lizzie Chantree
I love chatting to my friends about what we've been reading and getting recommendations for new books to try In this edition of the Talking to my friends about Books Podcast, myself and author Lizzie Chantree discuss our love for romantic fiction, Marian Keyes and how...
read moreThe Talking to my friends about Books Podcast: Claire Sheldon – The Source
Here's another recorded chat with a fellow book lover for Talking to my friends about Books. This time its Ruby Fiction writer, Claire Sheldon, author of Perfect Lie and Silent Child. Unsurprisingly crime and thrillers are at the top of her favourites list, including...
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