Category: Blogging about books and writing

A Llama and a Fox: extract from Total Immersion

Another #SampleSunday, another extract from my forthcoming ‘Total Immersion: Ten Years in France’. We’re in March 2009, and we get to meet our first home-born baby llama and Chris has a very close encounter with a fox. We’d moved Gabby, the mother llama, into a stable so she’d be warm and cosy when delivery time… Continue reading A Llama and a Fox: extract from Total Immersion

The Elusive Elixir by Gigi Pandian: a fabulously original novel

I’m delighted to be playing host today for the first book tour to visit Books Are Cool this year. What a great way to start 2017. I’ll be presenting my review of the book, and then there’s an extract for you to enjoy. Finally, don’t forget to enter the giveaway, which you’ll find at the… Continue reading The Elusive Elixir by Gigi Pandian: a fabulously original novel

Reading Challenges for 2017

The New Year is a time for making resolutions and setting yourself challenges. For book lovers then a reading challenge is the ideal sort to go for. And there are plenty to choose from – I’d never realised quite how many! Girlxoxo gives a comprehensive listing here. I’m going for two. The first of these… Continue reading Reading Challenges for 2017

Gifted Author: Meet Nicholas Rose

I’m chuffed to welcome indie author Nicholas A. Rose to Books Are Cool for a friendly interrogation. Nicholas writes fantasy and is two-thirds of the way through his second trilogy. Markan Throne, Markan Empire and Markan Sword make up the first, and Gifted Apprentice is being followed by Gifted Hunter in the second. I discovered Nicholas through the very enjoyable Gifted… Continue reading Gifted Author: Meet Nicholas Rose

The Field of Blackbirds by Thomas Ryan: indie authoring at its best

Thomas Ryan is one of the reasons I love my job so much. I’m a freelance editor working exclusively with indie authors these days and relishing every moment of it. There is so much talent out there and Thomas is one of these incredibly gifted writers whose work deserves a huge audience. There are a… Continue reading The Field of Blackbirds by Thomas Ryan: indie authoring at its best

Blovels, Twitter Fiction and Serialised Novels on Kindle

I mentioned blovels in a previous post. These are novels that are being serialised on people’s blogs. Stu Noss’s was the first I came across, and I’ve since discovered another great one here. Misty Provencher is presenting her blovel Cornerstone on her website a chapter at a time. I love Misty’s attitude. She explains she… Continue reading Blovels, Twitter Fiction and Serialised Novels on Kindle