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Guest Blog: JM Langan on Imposter Syndrome

I am just finishing editing my fourth novel.[1] And I hate it. I hate everything I have written and think I am the worst writer in the world.I come to this same point every time. Imposter syndrome...

Photo Prompt: A Sense Of Place

StoriesSpinning. Twirling tendrilsWrap around the writerEnsnaring her with their words.Some places demand to be heardto share their history,their sense of selftheir place in time.Others have it...

December Newsletter

Gift Ideas For Book Lovers

Have you left your Christmas shopping a bit late this year? If so and you have book-loving friends and family, then allow me to share with you a few festive ideas for last-minute presents. Some are...

Guest Blog: Isla - Review of Ruth Kelly's 'The After Party'

Hi, my name is Isla and I am delighted to be the guest blog for December. Previously, I uploaded regularly to my own blog https://islaandheradventures.blogspot.com/ but recently I have been rather...

Review of 'The Garden of Shared Stories' - Clare Swatman

The Garden of Shared StoriesEmma is at an all-time low the day she meets Nick. She sits down in a quiet rose garden in her local park, and from nowhere a handsome man sits next to her and turns her...

December Picture Prompt: Driving Home From Christmas

Lights twinklered, blue, greendazzling in the dark Cornwall has its ‘Welcome Home’ trees,ours less well knownbut just as welcome a sight Not long movedback ‘home’ to see family,dark night, pouring...

November Newsletter

Quotes For All Occasions

In much the same way as film fanatics like to meet people to whom they can quote a line and instantly know (by virtue of whether or not they recognise its origin) whether or not they have met a...

Review of 'Murder Bears Fruit' - Rosie Sandler

I was sent this to review and I have to say I was delighted when it popped up in my inbox. I saw Rosie a few weeks ago at a book event and she'd mentioned that the fourth book was coming out soon, so...

Guest Blog: Kate Baker

Although 2023 was long after the end of Covid lockdowns, one of the many legacies were unboxing videos that authors shared with their followers when a new title was due for publication.And so it was...

November Picture Prompt: Fireworks

Fizzing round my mind,morphing, transforming.Questionsburst in multi-hued splendour.Exploding,cacophonous in my brain.Wordstumble forthno order or coherenceleaps of logic leaving all in their...

October Newsletter

Review of ‘Murder At The Wedding’ - Anita Davison

Murder at the WeddingHannah Merrill is about to marry the love of her life…The couple are determined their low-key celebration will go without a hitch, but there can’t be an ‘I do’ while the vicar is...

Why Diversify?

There is a lot of debate in publishing centred around author authenticity and the need for sensitivity readers when authors are writing about things which are not their ived experience. A recent...

Guest Blog: Sarah Banham - Team Work

Huge thanks to Ruth for inviting me to submit to this blog. I’ve decided on the theme Team Work as I’ve recently reminded myself how that affects every area of my life - and I’m here for it.Before we...

October Photo Prompt: Sanctuary

A sacred spot held close to my soul, a granite place where we watch the wild waves roll. A place where my heart can be still, cares washed away by the sea.  Its futile struggle against the flow of...