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March 13, 2018
Smash all the Windows: how I use beta readers
Beta readers are an essential part of my editorial process. I couldn’t do without them. What is a beta reader, and how does this differ from an advance reader? Confusingly, authors use different terms to describe the same role, or sometimes one term is employed to describe different roles. When I use the term ‘beta...
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March 6, 2018
Smash all the Windows: the structural edit
In this week’s blog, I focus on the structural edit. It includes a contribution from my structural editor, Dan Holloway, the person Stephen Fry might have had in mind when he said, “We are not nouns, we are verbs.” “I am not a thing – an actor, a writer – I am a person who...
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February 27, 2018
Smash all the Windows: my cover design process
This week will be the first of a short series of posts about the production of Smash all the Windows. Its cover design has been attracting compliments, with many people wanting to know about my cover design process. One of the other huge joys of self-publishing is choosing how to present your work. Given that...
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February 23, 2018
Smash all the Windows is available for pre-order!
Since winning the Daily Mail First Novel Award in 2008, I’ve become known for writing about big subjects and giving her characters almost impossible moral dilemmas. What interests me is how people behave under pressure, because it reveals so much about them. And as the tagline of Smash all of the Windows suggests, my new...
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February 13, 2018
A Day in the Life: Chantelle Atkins, The Glorious Outsider
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Chantelle Atkins to Virtual Book Club, my interview series which gives authors the opportunity to pitch their novels to your book club. Chantelle was born and raised in Dorset, England and still resides there now with her husband, four children and multiple pets. She is addicted to both reading and...
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February 6, 2018
Virtual Book Club: Darlene Jones introduces When the Sun Was Mine
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Darlene Jones to Virtual Book Club, my interview series which gives authors the opportunity to pitch their novels to your book club. Darlene Jones is a retired educator and writer. A graduate of the University of Alberta she was a teacher, principal, second language consultant, and staffing officer with Edmonton...
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January 30, 2018
Virtual Book Club: Virginia Moffatt introduces Echo Hall
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Virginia Moffatt to Virtual Book Club, my interview series which gives authors the opportunity to pitch their novels to your book club. Virginia was born in London, one of eight children, several of whom are writers. Her eldest brother writes about theology and politics, one sister is a poet, a...
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January 23, 2018
A Virtual Book Club Special: Victoria Dougherty introduces ‘Breath’
I’m not sure I’m entitled to refer to today’s author interview as an episode of Virtual Book Club. You see, it concerns a book that doesn’t yet exist. Despite this obstacle, its author Victoria Dougherty wants to convince you that you’ll want to read it. In fact, she’d like you to help bring this book to...
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January 16, 2018
Virtual Book Club: Christine Webber introduces It’s Who We Are
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Christine Webber to Virtual Book Club, my interview series which gives authors the opportunity to pitch their novels to your book club. Christine originally trained as an opera singer but had to re-think her career plans when her voice professor told her: ‘Your voice is OK, but your legs are...
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January 9, 2018
Virtual Book Club: Elizabeth Gates introduces The Wolf of Dalriada
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Elizabeth Gates to Virtual Book Club, my interview series which gives authors the opportunity to pitch their novels to your book club. Between reading English Language & Literature at Bedford College, University of London, and acquiring an MA in Linguistics at the University of Essex, Elizabeth explored Europe as a teacher...
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