Mandy Baggot's Blog, page 5

For quite a while now I've been lucky enough to take part in a serialisation called Written Fireside. Written Fireside is a round robin story where a group of authors each write a continuation to the part written before and a whole story is created! 

The group I belong to was started by the fabulous Harper Impulse author, Lori Connelly and this time we have a story entitled Be Mine, Marshal.

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I love being part of this as each story has a different theme (this one is a Western) and each writ...

I've been busy already this week! As well as writing between 1,000-3,000 words a day I've been getting happy with the clicking finger and updating my Pinterest.

I find it's a great way of getting all the themes and inspiration for my books in the once place. It's colourful, it's slightly random AND you can find really hot men on there! Just for hero potential obviously!

Check out my boards for 'Corfu Romance' and 'Manhattan Romance' for clues about my next books coming with Bookouture! What do...

I'm thrilled to finally be able to tell you that I have a new publisher!

In a contract agreed with my lovely agent, Kate Nash, I've signed a two book deal with the fabulous Bookouture!

I'm so excited to be working with the team there (including my lovely friend, Kim Nash - there's a lot of Nashes in my world now!) and the amazing other authors (including another gorgeous mate of mine, Sue Watson). Find out more about Bookouture on their website.

And the even better news is both books are schedul...

I am so excited to be taking part in this Written Fireside. Written Fireside is a round robin way of storytelling set up by the lovely Lori Connelly. This story is entitled I Looked Away and you can find parts 1-9 on the following links.

Part 1 - Lori Connelly

Part 2 - Elsa Winckler

Part 3 - Aileen Harkwood

Part 4 - Elise Forier Edie

Part 5 - Patricia Sands

Part 6 - Eve Devon

Part 7 - Bella Osborne

Part 8 - Kari Lemor

Part 9 - Jennifer Faye

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So without further ado, here is my part...

My first Hump Day Hunk of 2015 is brought to you by HarperImpulse author, Teresa Morgan.

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One Fine Day

Just a boy standing in front of a girl…

Steve Mason returns from Hollywood after 15 years to catch up with his sister, Ruby. He’s miserable because the woman he was planning on marrying has dumped him.

He’s now worried that with his A-list celebrity status he won’t find a woman who genuinely loves him. Ruby devises a plan to disguise Steve, so that he is...

Tomorrow (Weds 7th January) I will be going cowboy crazy!

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The bosses at HarperImpulse have let me loose on their Facebook page and no amount of lassoing is gonna stop me!

Make sure you like the HarperImpulse Facebook page and turn on the notifications because from 9am tomorrow I'm going to be having a Nashville hoedown and giving away all manner of prizes y'all!

Here's the link to fun! http://www.facebook.com/HarperImpulse

Mandy xx

I just want to say a HUGE Merry Christmas to everyone and I hope you're able to spend the holidays with the people you hold dearest.

[image error]I'm spending Christmas Day with Mr Big, my two daughters and my mother and step-dad... and my cats Kravitz and Springsteen of course! They will be fighting me for the turkey!

I'm really excited about 2015 and am looking forward to bringing you some new romantic reads! Thank you so much for all your support in 2014 - I wouldn't be writing them if you didn't read th...

After a week of shows, parties, dressing up and rushing off with scotch eggs and presents under my arm, school is out today! It's time to wrap those final presents, stuff the turkey, replace the already opened Christmas pate and get ready for the big man in red to make an appearance!

So to get you in the mood have a read of the first chapter of my Christmas short story, Home for Christmas! If you like it you can read the whole story PLUS some brilliant other festive stories from the HarperImpu...

This week on Hump Day Hunk the wonderful Liam Livings is introducing his hero, Gabe from his latest novel, And Then That Happened.

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LIAM LIVINGS

Blurb: And Then That Happened

Should you settle for a nearly perfect happiness or put your heart on the line for more?

It’s 1999 and 28-year-old Dominic’s carefully planned suburban life with his boyfriend Luke is perfect. His job as a nurse, his best friend Matt, his relationship with his parents, everything is just right. He and Luke h...

As an author, most of my research is done from the comfort of my home, using Google, dipping into websites, exploring areas of the globe virtually. However, for this particular work in progress, I knew I needed more!

As my delicious hero is a firefighter, a lot of the action takes place at the fire station, at incidents, in fires. Sounds exciting doesn't it? I needed help. I needed to call the emergency services!

[image error]Salisbury Fire Station came to the rescue and Red Watch invited me to come for the...