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Launch Day for Amanda Cadabra Book VI!

Launch Day for Amanda Cadabra Book VI!

Dear Readers, Here we are at last! Amanda Cadabra and The Strange Case of Lucy Penlowr is now live. Here for your entertainment is the launch video:     This is just a brief note, but I can share with you that one my dearest beta readers has just submitted the very first review of the book to Amazon. Also, I heard from our illustrator, Daniel, that he is working on the cover image for the…

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Book Trailer for Amanda Cadabra VI and The Making Of

Book Trailer for Amanda Cadabra VI and The Making Of

Dear Readers, First of all, before we get to ‘The Making of’ here is the trailer: The Thwarted Plan You may recall that last year I was planning a field trip to Cornwall. There was going to be a Cornish language weekend. Whilst on location, I was to film and take photographs for the trailer and launch about to happen. And then …. Yes, the world situation altered, and the project was put on the…

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Full Cozy Mystery Cover Reveal - Creation Story

Full Cozy Mystery Cover Reveal – Creation Story

Dear Readers, Here it is! The product of our wondrous illustrator Daniel Becceril Urena’s creative furnace. Tough Choice The was the most exciting cover voyage of the series. What made it different? Well, as Daniel’s skill and understanding of the project have increased, I’ve taken more of a back seat. I simply told Daniel the plot of the book and let him choose a selection of scenes that…

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Partial Cover Reveal - A First Third?

Partial Cover Reveal – A First Third?

Dear Readers, Here then is the sneak preview of the cover. Tempest The Cat you can’t help spotting (as ever) and the wand is a clue to Amanda’s whereabouts. However, whose, you may ask, is the shoe on the left? Yes, for the first time there is a third (live) person on the cover. Who could it be? Who would you like it to be? Back soon to reveal all of the cover for Amanda Cadabra and The Strange…

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Title Reveal - New Cozy Paranormal Mystery

Title Reveal – New Cozy Paranormal Mystery

Dear Readers, Here we are at last, revving up for the launch of the new Amanda Cadabra novel. Let the revelry commence! The Change At the end of Book 5, Amanda Cadabra and The Hidden Depths, I said that the next book would be called, ‘Inspector Hogarth Investigates: The Strange Case of Lucy Penlowr’. So why the change? Why? As the story was coming to me, fermenting in the watches of the night, …

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New Cozy Sequel Alert

New Cozy Sequel Alert

Dear Readers, Launch day of the new book is approaching! Where’s the book? The sequel, Book 6 in the Amanda Cadabra cozy paranormal mystery series is now with our editor, Kim, of Brockway Gatehouse Literary Services. Daniel, our illustrator, is tweaks away from completing the cover. The book is with the Inner Circle of beta readers who check for any stray typographical and grammatical errors.…

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#NewBookTrailer for #newbook #cozyparanormal #mystery Amanda Cadabra and The Hidden Depths by Holly Bell #book5 in the British #cozyparanormalmystery #bookseries #kindle #ebook.Book 1 #free Saturday 12 September 2020. Many thanks to @Danbeu Daniel Becerril Ureña for his superb cover art. Checkout his Instagram page! Major talent. Covert British witch Amanda and her grumpy cat Tempest return to find a body, save beloved villager from arrest for murder and discover the missing link in the Cardiubarn Case murders of her unpleasant family. Just released also in paperback. #discountoffer 12 Sept mybook.to/AC1_Kindle #books #cozyparanormal #bookstagram #readers #witch #bookrecommendation #magic #amandacadabra #book#bookworm #booklover #bookstagrammer #discountbooks #books #bookillustration #cozyparanormal #bookstagram #readers #illustration #witch #bookrecommendation #magic #amandacadabra #book#bookworm #booklover #bookstagrammer https://www.instagram.com/p/CE9Nya1nWWt/?igshid=ppql1fa82zlw

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New Book Trailer, Paperback Launch, and Final Free Day

New Book Trailer, Paperback Launch, and Final Free Day

Dear Readers,

Goodies aplenty have been in the making here at Heypressto.

Launched!

First, I was going to do a paperback cover reveal of Amanda Cadabra and The Hidden Depths.However, instead, I have something even better. The book, number 5 in the cozy paranormal mystery series, is now available in both formats: the one you can download and read electronically and the one you can hold in your…

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An 11-Year-Old Falls in Love – my early book affairs

An 11-Year-Old Falls in Love – my early book affairs

Dear Readers,

The Big Change

It’s massive now. It wasn’t then. Oh dear, can it be cured, I hear you ask. I do hope not. What I am describing is the collection of books written for teenagers, middle grade and young adult.

Only in recent years have these sections of the library blossomed into a wealth of literature that offers entertainment, reassurance, understanding and insight to young people.

O…

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Free First Book in Cozy Mystery Series

Free First Book in Cozy Mystery Series

Dear Readers,

Free

Today is the first of the two free days for Amanda Cadabra and The Hidey-Hole Truth, Book 1 in the British humorous cozy paranormal mystery series. I know that for some of you I’m preaching to the choir! However, you may have fellow literary enthusiasts who would love to start a new series, and Sunken Madley may be their next imaginary home.

Here is a video you might like to…

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Now Launched – Amanda Cadabra Book 5, & Free Days

Now Launched – Amanda Cadabra Book 5, & Free Days

Dear Readers,

Blast Off!

Amanda Cadabra and The Hidden Depths is now launched, live and available for download from Amazon Kindle. Below is a 15-second video for your entertainment.

  Free Days

To celebrate the launch, there will now be at least 2 free days for Book 1, Amanda Cadabra and The Hidey-Hole Truth. So if you’re thinking of joining the Sunken Madley ride, you can do so without…

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Cover Reveal - Amanda Cadabra and The Hidden Depths

Cover Reveal – Amanda Cadabra and The Hidden Depths

Dear Readers,

First Glance

It was love at first sight. Just over two weeks ago, our outstanding illustrator Daniel Becerril Ureña sent me four sketches from which to choose. I had a breathless moment when I laid eyes on the fourth one. I kept looking back at it. Knowing it might be the most challenging of all of the compositions, I was confident Daniel could make it work.

Balancing Act and…

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Title Reveal of New Cozy Mystery - Amanda Cadabra 5

Title Reveal of New Cozy Mystery – Amanda Cadabra 5

Dear Readers,

Amanda Cadabra Returns

After a long and winding road this year, I was reunited with my first love and what readers want most from me: writing books. Hence the recent dearth of blogging, tweeting and Facebooking. With everything else on the back burner, Amanda Cadabra Book 5 burst into life and is almost ready to emerge into the light of day. Beginning with — drum roll, please — the…

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COVID-19 in a Cozy Mystery – Do You Want It?

Dear Readers,

What Is Your Pleasure?

Having written to you last week about health matters in fiction, this time, we get down to the nitty-gritty. Do you want the coronovirus, COVID-19, in the next Amanda Cadabra book?

Clues

‘Your readers will tell you what they want.’ Three years ago, with the first book Amanda Cadabra and The Hidey-Hole Truth newly published, my mentor TJ Brownsaid this to me.…

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Medical Matters in Cozy Mystery – Do they have a place?

Dear Readers,

What is something so grim as illness doing in a light, comfortable mystery? Let me tell you a story.

Back in the day, I went on a first date. It was with a Welshman, in a beautiful spot on the river Thames: Maidenhead. The restaurant was right by the water, blue from the sky from where the sun was shining. It was a golden day, and I was hopeful of passing an enjoyable lunchtime.

And…

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The Cornish Connection – To An English Cozy Mystery?

Dear Readers,

Finding Cornwall

How did Cornwall do it? How did worm its way into the heart of a series mainly set an English village to the north of London? Depending on where you live or are from, you may ask, as someone enquired of me, ‘Where is Cornwall? It’s in the south-west of mainland Britain, the bit under Wales that spikes out into the Atlantic pointing off towards the distant shores of…

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The Writer's Dilemma - The Reader's Reward

The Writer’s Dilemma – The Reader’s Reward

Dear Readers,

The Fiction Author’s Quandary

This week we travel into the fascinating dilemma that faces every writer: research or writing. Which do I do first? How much? How much research is too much? Do I need to do any at all? If so, why? What are the options? What does it mean for the reader?

Thanks to the kind hosting of Denise Fleischer on gottawritenetwork.wordpress.com the answers to the…