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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #Giveaway

I’ve not done a giveaway for a while, so to celebrate the new covers on my ‘ShockWaves’ series, I’m running a competition for ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ by Holly Jackson. The winner of the 2020 BRITISH BOOK AWARDS’ CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR, (and lots of other awards!) ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ by Holly Jackson follows …

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My road to self-publishing part 2

Life in the fast lane Welcome back to my road to self-publishing part 2. Part 1 saw the fledgling manuscript of ShockWaves. my YA action-adventure, appraised by Cornerstones Literary Consultancy. After several edits, they thought it was ready to fly. I opted to let Cornerstones submit for me. Yes, there would be a payment if the manuscript sold, and there was …

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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, …