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My book habit is getting out of hand

My book habit is getting out of hand. Start 2017 as you mean to go on, eh? I feel my book habit is getting out of hand. I’m linking up with Tynga’s Reviews for her Stacking the Shelves feature but there’s stacking shelves, and there’s hoarding an insane amount of books I’m not sure I can get round to reading. …

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New cover for Ninetyfive percent Human

Happy New Year to you all, and Happy New Cover to me New hotness I’m really excited to start 2017 with a sparkling new cover for Ninety-five percent Human. In preparation for the release of the sequel later on this year and also to include the two short story prequels I’ve written, I’ve re-branded the whole series. Don’t they look pretty? …

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New editing pen

New editing pen Look what the postman brought! I had to share my new editing pen from the lovely Stephanie Dagg over at edit-my-book. Anyone spot the ‘editing’ mistake????? “Keep CLAM and get an editor” This pen has a lot of work to do in 2017. Bring on the New Year edits. Happy Christmas Eve everyone. I’m off to cook …

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My road to self-publishing. Part 1

The birth of the idea. Today is my book’s birthday. I pressed publish on ShockWaves on 12/12/12 (Yes, I’m a numbers freak and I thought that date was awesome). That makes it officially 4 years old. But ShockWaves had a long and difficult birth. Here’s the first part of the story that led to my self-publishing adventure. Back in 2006, …

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“The Killer Angel” and “Twisted Tales 2”

I’ve been stuck in the cover re-branding of the Ninetyfive percent Human series this week (more about that another time), so I’ve not done much reading …  OK, make that none. But I have added “The Killer Angel” and “Twisted Tales 2” to my Kindle for when I finally get on top of my to-do list. “The Killer Angel” Firstly, I …

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The Making of a Small Town Beauty King

The Making of a Small Town Beauty King. I was just browsing through Twitter and I came across “Who will be the prettiest girl in the shittiest town?” What a tagline! I had to find out more. Turns out it is a teaser for “The Making of a Small Town Beauty King” by Savy Leiser. I’d never heard of this book, …

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Alienated – Book Review

Alienated – book review “Alienated” is the first book in a trilogy by Melissa Landers.  Although it was published in 2014, it’s a sci-fi romance I’ve only just got round to reading. I think the reason for my delay is… the cover. The Cover Part of the problem is, it reminds me of a TV programme I didn’t like called …

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These Broken Stars

Welcome to Choosy Tuesday where I share the book I’m reading from the pick of YA fiction. Today I’m looking at “These Broken Stars” by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. I’m linking up with “Tuesday Intro’s” hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea, “Teaser Tuesdays” hosted by Books & a Beat and “The Friday 56” hosted by Freda’s voice for this post. Please …

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Rise (Trifecta Book 1) – Book Review

“Rise” is the first in the Trifecta series by Luis Almonte. I don’t usually read books featuring witches and vampires but I’d heard good things about “Rise”, the cover is gorgeous and, after reading the Prologue, I decided to give it a go. The Prologue The Prologue is a scary start; a spell that eats its victim ‘from the inside …

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Choosy Tuesday – Alienated

Welcome to Choosy Tuesday where I share the book I’m reading from the pick of YA fiction. Today I’m looking at “Alienated” by Melissa Landers. I’m linking up with “Tuesday Intro’s” hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea, “Teaser Tuesdays” hosted by Books & a Beat and “The Friday 56” hosted by Freda’s voice for this post. Please stop by and check out …