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Christmas with a Difference
Like many people this year I am tired. I don’t feel like doing new things. I just want to stay quiet, take a breather and sparsely spread my activities among the days so that I have at least one thing … Continue reading
Posted in Australia 2020
Tagged Authonomy, Breath of Africa, Bridge, Christmas, covid, dressage, Perth, Saffer Worldwide, Swan River, Tennis, West Australia
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Setting Out, Setting In
You’re in for a treat today, as Ron Askew , one of my favourite writers, is my guest. We hark back to authonomy times, when he was an enthusiastic supporter of my first novel. He gave me the confidence to persevere. … Continue reading
Posted in Authors
Tagged Authonomy, Hampshire, Kew Gardens, London, Reuters, The Cruel Sea, The Old Man and the Sea
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A Sense of Place
I have known Kristin Gleeson ever since I tried to find a publisher for my first book, although I’ve never met her in the flesh. The Authonomy peer review website brought many of us close, and we’ve maintained contact through … Continue reading
Posted in Authors
Tagged Authonomy, Ballyvourney, bee hives, Christian, legend, miracles, shrine, St. Gobnait, West Cork
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Places that Inspire
Today we’re going to join my friend Lela Markham from Authonomy days, as she goes hiking in Alaska. This is the setting for her new book Mirklin Wood and she gives us tantalising glimpses of her beautiful descriptive prose. Over to you, … Continue reading
Posted in Authors
Tagged Ahtna land, Alaska, Authonomy, Chitina, Copper River, cottonwood trees, fishing, Kennicott Mining Company, O'Brien Creek, railbed, spirit house, Wood Canyon
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The Ups and Downs of Crowd-funded Publishing
What an interesting piece this is! A warm welcome to Jennie Ensor from Authonomy days. She has certainly taken herself through the mill to get what she wants. I take my hat off to her, and leave her to tell us … Continue reading
Posted in Authors
Tagged Authonomy, croiwdfunding, crowdfunding tips, noir thriller, Publishing, publishing journey, social media anxiety, Unbound
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The Places I was in Mentally
Welcome to Sue Moorhouse today, another Authonomy Gold Medallist on our journey to publication all those years ago. Settings to our books has produced some interesting variations on the theme, and Sue is delightfully lateral in her thinking. I’m not sure … Continue reading
2015 in review
Happy New Year everybody! And very many thanks to my faithful supporters, especially Karen Charlton of Authonomy days, who kicked off the Author Countdown in April to help make my blog such a success in 2015. Thanks also to Jeff Gardiner … Continue reading
Posted in Author Countdown, Authors
Tagged 2015, Ailsa Abraham, Authonomy, blog, Fiona McVie, Happy New Year, Jeff Gardner, Karen Charlton, Lauren Salisbury
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Winter’s Coming…
I have known Claire Stibbe for quite a few years. We met on the authonomy website (now extinct), and have helped each other through several stages of our books. I especially enjoyed her first, Chasing Pharaohs, and Claire gave me … Continue reading
Posted in Authors
Tagged Albuquerque, Authonomy, Claire Stibbe, Egypt, New Mexico, pharoahs, Psychological thriller
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THE CALL – 4 X 4 THINGS ABOUT AGENTS
Claire Lyman has found an Agent! I’m so glad for her, and her story is sobering as well as enlightening. Thank you for sharing, Claire. Your tenacity and dedication are awesome – and the very best of luck for your … Continue reading
Posted in Author Countdown, Authors
Tagged #mswl, Authonomy, Author agents, Claire Lyman, creative writing, NaNoWriMo, speed pitching, Twitter, Writers and Artists Yearbook
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One Lovely Blog Award!
I am honoured to be nominated by the distinguished Nancy Jardine for the ‘One Lovely Blog Award’. The award recognizes bloggers who share their story or thoughts in a “lovely” manner, giving them recognition and helping them reach more viewers. … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Breath of Africa, I Lift Up My Eyes
Tagged Africa, Andy Murray, Authonomy, Blog Award, Nancy Jardine, Roger Federer, Round the World
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