Stephen King says: ‘if you don’t make time to read, you can’t make time to write’. Yes! Reading is nourishment for the soul, intellect and entertainment. I grew up loving to read. Although, even when I was a kid, I was never really into romance novels. While all my friends were reading the Sweet…
DetailsYou told me you’d like to read a bit of STARTING FROM NOW… Here’s the prologue and first chapter. Starting_Prologue Starting_ChapterOne If you decide yo’d like to buy a copy, then head here to do so! Buy STARTING FROM NOW. Blurb: A suspenseful novel of rural life and real country issues from our genuine Voice…
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STARTING FROM NOW doesn’t hit the shelves until October 5, but you’ve got the opportunity to get your hands on a copy, a month early! I’ve had a heap of emails from people wanting to get a signed copy of STARTING FROM NOW. Some for themselves and others are wanting Christmas presents (who organises Christmas…
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What’s the saying about never working with kids and animals? Jack usually defies that saying, but today he wasn’t acting quite the way I’d hoped he would! I was trying to capture him looking at the pages OF MY NEW BOOK (YAY!!) while I was reading to him. However as you can see, he…
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Happy Monday! Aren’t Monday’s sometimes a bit hard to get warmed up to? Hopefully this will make your day, a great day! First up, exciting news! It’s only six weeks until my new novel STARTING FROM NOW is released. You can preorder from Booktopia. I’ve got to tell you, I’m very excited (and nervous) about releasing…
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When I was on tour for WITHOUT A DOUBT, I came across this blue door (pictured on the computer screen). I was sitting in a narrow alley way, drinking coffee (because I’m a bit like Detective Dave and nothing happens in the morning until I’ve had my coffee) when I saw it. Hasn’t it got…
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Have you ever wondered what happens the morning after a novel gets finished? I finished my fourteenth novel yesterday, with the same sense of relief that I had when I finished my first one! Something between ‘oh my God, I’m so pleased that’s over’ and ‘Yay! I’ve done it again!’ I text a couple of…
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Check out this hall that I’m going to read over the next few weeks. Have you read any of them? I LOVE Kerry McGinnis’s writing so I think The Roadhouse is going to be the first one I start on. The head of publishing at Allen and Unwin, Tom, suggested I read…
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‘So, Fleur, tell me, do you write every day?’ ‘Where do you work from?’ ‘Oh, you have deadline? Really? thought you’d just write and hand it in when it was ready.’ (HA! Don’t I wish!) These are a few of questions I get asked when I do an event and I’d love to…
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I’ve been mulling an idea around for a while and I need your feedback. I’m putting together a writing course and I’d love to know what you writers out there would like to know/learn/read about. The course will run over 15 days and be delivered to your inbox daily. Only once you’ve completed…
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I’m very excited to be opening my blog up again, to other authors who have new books out. It’s great to be able to let readers know what is out and about and what authors have new books. Joy Rhoades is first cab off the rank with her beautiful new novel, THE BURNT COUNTRY.…
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It’s that exciting time of the year again, when there is a cover to show you all! If you can believe it (because it only feels like a few short weeks ago, that Without a Doubt hit the shelves) I have another book on the 5th of November. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be…
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