Posts Tagged ‘women’s fiction’
My May 2023 reads
May was another great reading month. I became a flight attendant flying from London to Paris, I enjoyed the competitiveness and complicated relations at a community swimming pool in the northern Virginia suburb of Washington, DC. Next, I traveled on to Poland to “party like it’s 1999”, following an art heist in the last days…
Read MoreAuthor interview and new book launch for Gabi Coatsworth
I’m so pleased to be able to welcome to my blog fellow Women’s Fiction Writer Association author Gabi Coatsworth. Gabi is a Connecticut-based author, who made her way to New England by way of the United Kingdom. She came to work, stayed for love, and has been trying to figure the country out ever since.…
Read MoreMy March 2023 reads
Another month, another amazing pile of books… In March, I enjoyed a good mix of historical and contemporary novels that had me “traveling” from the chilly seaside of Devon in the UK to hectic suburban life in Canada and finally, to another beach journey – this one in sunny southern California. My “time travels” had…
Read MoreNew editorial review for Drink Wine and Be Beautiful
This week I received a lovely editorial review from The Feathered Quill reviews of my forthcoming short story collection, Drink Wine and Be Beautiful. Appreciated this thoughtful reading of my stories, and I am posting the full review below. To those of you on Net Galley who do love women’s fiction and short stories, please…
Read MoreMy very first shiny badge for Drink Wine and Be Beautiful
I am so excited to have my first short story collection, Drink Wine and Be Beautiful, releasing 26 May. To prepare for that release, I currently have my collection up on NetGalley (if you are on NetGalley, please consider requesting!), awaiting reader reviews, and I also have it out for editorial reviews. Pleased to have…
Read MoreShiny new badge for my In the Shadow of The Apennines
Excited for my newest, pretty badge for my latest novel, In The Shadow of The Apennines. It’s been five months since my novel was released – but pleased to still be gathering reviews and comments from readers. Thanks so much for reading! If you read and enjoyed my novel – please, please do leave a…
Read MoreSuper excited to receive the Feathered Quill Reviewer’s Choice Book Award
Recently received the news that I was awarded the 2022 Feathered Qull Reviewer’s Choice Award for my most recent novel, In The Shadow of The Apennines. This meant a lot to me because it is the book reviewer’s selection of her favorite read for the year. You can read my Feathered Quill review here. As…
Read MoreMy 2022 in books
I always love the Goodreads end-of-year round-up. It’s always so much fun to look back at your year in reading. I overshot my 2022 Goodreads Challenge by quite a bit, pledging to read 45 and instead reading 59. And I read a whopping 18,835 pages. You can see My 2022 Year in Books here. As…
Read MoreMarking Armistice Day through WWI literature
Today is Armistice Day. The day in which the end of WWI fighting was declared at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. I am fascinated by WWI stories. I love the era and the way society was changing at the outset of the twentieth century. In order to…
Read MoreHappy Publication Day to In The Shadow of the Apennines!
It’s here….!! I am so excited to announce that my new novel, In The Shadow of The Apennines, officially launches TODAY! As fellow writers know, it takes a lot to get a novel out into the world, so, even if there will be a million details to handle and assessments to make, launch day is…
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