Jane Davis's Blog, page 34

It’s that time of year again… you know the one. It turned out that, even though I made a loss, completing my tax return for the year April 2013 – 2014 was a surprisingly positive experience. In that single twelve-month period, I released the … Continue reading →

Today, I’m delighted to welcome Samantha Warren to my blog. Samantha is a fantasy author who says that she spends her days immersed in worlds of dragons, spaceships, and vampires. She milks cows for fun and collects zombie gnomes. Q: Samantha, what … Continue reading →

Today I’m delighted to welcome Kirsten Arcadio to my blog. Kirsten has written three novels, each with a different speculative theme. Her first novel, Borderliners, was published in February of this year and the second in the series, Split Symmetry, has just … Continue reading →

Without wading through the controversy surrounding the Guardian’s first two Self-Published Novel of the Month awards, how can readers discover the very best in independent publishing? This is where recently launched website Ascribe Novel Solutions steps in. All of the novels featured on Ascribe … Continue reading →

Yesterday, visiting Barton’s Bookshop in Leatherhead, Surrey (a place I have begun to feel very much at home), I was given a delightful little book called, ‘The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the delight of not getting what you wanted’ by … Continue reading →

The working title for my novel, AN UNCHOREOGRAPHED LIFE, was Pelican Park (better known to some as St James’s Park) where many pivitol scenes take place.  Regular visitors will be aware that the pelicans often retreat to a rocky outcrop, where only the zoom lenses … Continue reading →

As a writer, I spend much of my time alone, my main contact with other folk being via social media. Keen to explore whether there is an alternative, I’m delighted to welcome Triskele Books to my blog. Triskele Books is a writers’ collective of five, … Continue reading →

Lucienne was born in Wolverhampton and now lives in Bristol, which is the inspiration and setting for much of her work. She completed an MA in English Literature (with Distinction) with the Open University in autumn 2006, specialising in eighteenth-century fiction. She … Continue reading →

Goodreads would like to know what I am currently reading. Well, Goodreads, the book I’m currently reading is A Funeral for an Owl by Jane Davis. When there are so many choices of reading material, and my to-read pile is toppling, why should I revisit my own books with … Continue reading →

Let’s get this straight: I don’t have a lot of money, so I don’t like being ripped off. I don’t even like the feeling that someone might be ripping me off. So when I pay a builder  £7,000 for a job, … Continue reading →