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Can Writers Thrive at Local Fairs?

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Vote for Haft!

They say not to judge a book by its cover but I need you to do just that. If you liked the cover of my book, HAFT, please vote for it for the Cover of the Month contest on AllAuthor.com!I’m getting closer to clinch the “Cover of the Month” contest on AllAuthor! I’d need as much support from you guys. Please take a short moment to vote for my book…

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HAFT

New Sci-fi Novel Release Hello there, Apologies for my tardy post, I have been preoccupied with the new ‘toy’, SubStack. I’m finding it a jolly easy place to navigate and create posts and find stuff I want to read about – predominantly writing stuff. I just wanted to pop in to say I have a new title being published. It was meant to be Tuesday 2nd July, but between my getting locked out of KDP…

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SubStack

Hello friends. It has been a while since I last posted anything, but I do believe indolence was mentioned in my home page! Anyway, things have been moving around and as well as getting a short story published in New myths, I have started a Substack account. You can find me here – https://open.substack.com/pub/alexandrapeel?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=gbt49 Thank you for following…

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Are you bullying - yourself?

Are you bullying yourself? How kind are you? How kind are you to strangers? How kind are you to yourself? Most people tend to be kinder to friends, colleagues, and associates than themselves. I don’t pretend to have an answer to the reason for this, but it does seem to be difficult to differentiate between selfishness and self-care. At this time of year, I keep hearing about people feeling…

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How We Had the Perfect Christmas – Stress-Free Holidays aka Pyjama Christmas

We Three Things – Pyjama Christmas I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas, I’m sure there’s still plenty of food in the fridge! The days following Christmas day can be a bit odd, feel empty to some, a come down for others, and a relief that it’s over for a few. It was agreed by all, in our household, that we had the perfect Christmas. Here’s how… Firstly, we are a family of three. Now, this is…

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Reading is always a good idea

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Ten Days to Go! NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month

Not to scare you or anything, but – There’s Ten Days to Go! There are ten, yes 10, days left in the NaNoWriMo event. For those who have ploughed ahead with great focus and commitment, and have met the target, well done! Fifty thousand words isn’t a huge amount in the scheme of things, the average novel is between 80,000-100,000 words. It’s not simply the amount that can be intimidating, but the…

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(via An Evening With Richard Armitage – Geneva Book Review)

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An Evening With Richard Armitage – Geneva Book Review

Genre: Crime, Thriller Pub Date: 12 Oct. 2023 Publisher: Pegasus Crime Length: 288 pages (HB edition) Hardback Edition: £24.86 Geneva is a debut novel described as ‘A bold and unpredictable debut thriller set in the biotech world (and deceptive beauty) of Switzerland, by acclaimed actor Richard Armitage.’  Synopsis: Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has taken a step back from…

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(via An Evening With Colin Walsh – Kala Book Review)

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An Evening With Colin Walsh - Kala Book Review

Genre: Literary Fiction, ThrillerPub Date: 6 July 2023Publisher: Atlantic BooksLength: 432 pages (HB edition)Hardback Edition: £14.39 This event took place in July – I am waaaay behind with this post. The West Kirby Bookshop is a new(ish), independent bookshop in the heart of West Kirby on the Wirral. Indi bookshops need the same love and attention as indie authors, and with that in mind, I…

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New Book - Saint Peter's Knickers

From the author of Rottnest, comes a novella about an eight-year-old navigating school, friendships and neglect. Although Saint Peter’s Knickers deals with some pretty depressing themes, it is not presented in a dark manner, primarily due to the protagonist, Piety Scroggins. Piety is delightfully naive. She does not always understand the rules of the classroom or the playground, she struggles…