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New Irish Steamy Romance From Penny Best

As an Irish author, I’m always on the lookout for new and upcoming fellow Irish authors I can help and support. Today, I want to tell you all about new Irish steamy romance from Penny Best. Penny is a pen-name for a bestselling Irish author and she’s set to take the romance world by storm with her steamy novella’s set in 1930’s Ireland. She has three stories in her Wild Irish Lust series and they are all available now. Below I have the blues and covers for all three of the books and I hope you’ll check them out especially if you like to read steamy romance.

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Using Pictures: Character Profiles Part 2

Last week, in part 1 of this character profiles series, I mentioned that I was going to start working on character profiles for my next story. To help get me started, I paid a visit to Pixabay (not the best move as I tend to end up browsing this site for hours on end, salivating over all the fabulous images) and began my search. I typed female into the search bar because I knew I wanted my protagonist to be female. This yielded thousands of results but nothing in the first couple of pages jumped out at me. I decided to get a little more accurate so I opted to use genre instead. Most of my stories tend to have paranormal or fantasy elements so I put fantasy into the search.

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Character Profiles – My New Writing Experiment

I’m looking at character profiles today and starting a new writing experiment to help me determine if this is something I should be doing. The idea came about after reading some interesting character profile questions that writers should know and I kinda liked the idea of doing something like this. I’m also trying to stay focused while I decide what story to write next.

Character profiles

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Book Review: The Hiding Game by Louise Phillips #bookreview @LouiseMPhillips #TheHidingGame @HachetteIre

Today on my blog, I’m delighted to bring you my review for The Hiding Game by Lousie Phillips. This book hits all the shops today and is sure to be a massive seller. I devoured it within two days and it’s definitely up there among my top reads of 2019. Below you’ll find the cover image and official blurb followed by my review.

The Hiding Game by Louise Phillips

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The Book With No Name To Be Published in Cabinet of Curiosities

I’m beyond thrilled to announce that my story, The Book with No Name, has been accepted for publication in Owl Hollow Press’s upcoming Cabinet of Curiosities anthology.

Cabinet of Curiosities

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Keep Fit Tips for Writers

Today I want to offer some keep fit tips for writers. I love writing, but there is a downfall and that is that fact that most of the time I’m sitting down. Sitting down, of course, means not moving about, burning off calories, or keeping my body flexible. It’s the bane of many writers and when you add my major sweet tooth into the equation, the weight has been slowing creeping up since over the past couple of years.

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Nightmare Realities 2 Release Date

I received the email I’ve been waiting for with the release date for Nightmare Realities 2. My publisher, Handersen Publishing has been in touch and for all those who have been asking when this next collection of spooky short stories for children aged 8+ is going to be available, the wait is over.

Nightmare Realities 2 - Scary Stories

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Book Review: Resist by K Bromberg

Today, I’m delighted to bring you my review for Resist by K Bromberg. I was thrilled to get an advanced copy of this book via NetGalley. Below you will find the book cover and the description followed by my review.

Resist by K Bromberg

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Book Review: The Other Side by Kim Holden

The Other Side by Kim Holden is one of the books I read on my holidays and I am only getting around to adding my review today. Below you will find the cover and description followed by my review. I will say straight off, that this is an excellent read and it deals with the topic of mental health and suicide.

The Other Side by Kim Holden

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Holidays, Realisations, and What’s Coming Next

I’m back after the most amazing holiday to Cyprus to celebrate our ten year wedding anniversary and recreate some of the memories. It was a little different not having small children with us this time around but I have to say, holidaying with teens is a lot more fun and relaxing. I really didn’t want to come home to Ireland and the rain.

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