Posts tagged with: Fiction

Islands

Islands is an emotion charged story of love, regrets and loss, set against the real-life events of 2008 that shocked the beautiful island of Jersey. Katherine, is a successful business... Read More

Review – The Secret Mother

The Secret Mother by Shalini Boland I pre-ordered The Secret Mother after I saw an early review that an advance copy reader had posted online. The blurb did its job... Read More

My favourite read

I was recently thinking about my favourite read of all-time. Now, I know some people never reread a book. They enjoy it once, and that is enough time for them... Read More

Review – She Did It by Mel Sherratt

She Did It by Mel Sherratt Work colleague. Friend. Killer. A successful businesswoman, Tamara enjoys her champagne lifestyle to the full. At least, that is the front she displays to... Read More

5 things Shakespeare did for us

William Shakespeare continues to be lauded and celebrated 400 years after his death. The most prolific story-teller the world has known, his plays and sonnets have stood the test of... Read More

Do you remember these books from the 1980s?

Books are like films and music in that we can often remember where we were when we read a particularly good one. If you, like me, were around in the... Read More

Whose (fictional) life do you want?

I’ve ridden across desert plains, survived in harsh dystopian societies, risen to the top in the boardroom, flounced about at Regency balls and rid the world of many a bad... Read More

A Lifetime of Reading

I joined Goodreads in 2015 but didn’t do much more than have a look around. Recently I’ve been looking through Goodreads and realised I needed to add the books I... Read More

5 Book to Film Adaptations in 2017

5 Book to Film adaptations in 2017 Film adaptations of books are something readers either love or hate. Whether it’s reading the book before seeing the film or vice versa, it... Read More

Plotting a Book, or Being a Panster?

Whenever I give a talk or meet aspiring authors I’m often asked if I plot my novels, or begin with an idea and take it from there? In other words,... Read More