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Midsummer Magic at Miss Moonshine’s Emporium is out now!
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Continue reading →: Midsummer Magic at Miss Moonshine’s Emporium is out now!This is just a quick post to say our new anthology, Midsummer Magic at Miss Moonshine’s Emporium, is out now in paperback and for Kindle. The anthology is free on Kindle Unlimited – and look at the lovely paperback! I was really chuffed when my copy arrived and I could…
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5 ways writing has changed me
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Continue reading →: 5 ways writing has changed meAnother month of the year has gone by, and it’s time for another authors’ Round Robin. This month the topic is… Does writing change the author? Do you think your writing has changed you in any significant way? Another great question this month. After thinking long and hard, here are…
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Continue reading →: Meet the author, with @TonyRiches, author of the bestselling Tudor TrilogyIt’s a great pleasure to have historical fiction author Tony Riches round today to discuss a new release in his Elizabethan series – a period of history I find fascinating. Thanks for coming all the way to Yorkshire, Tony! Hi Helena, and thank you for inviting me to your blog.…
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Continue reading →: A new Miss Moonshine anthology! And news of a brilliant book auction for vaccines worldwide
It’s been an exciting week for the nine of us authors who make up Authors on the Edge. On 21st June we’ll be releasing the third in our series of anthologies around the character of Miss Moonshine and her Wonderful Emporium in the fabulous town of Haven Bridge. Our new…
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Good to meet you…Kate Field, author of Finding Home
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Continue reading →: Good to meet you…Kate Field, author of Finding HomeI first met author Kate Field a few years ago at a Romantic Novelists’ Association conference, and we’ve been friends ever since. Kate is one of the authors in the Miss Moonshine anthologies – stories by nine northern authors – and it’s a great pleasure to invite Kate to visit…
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9 Tips for Choosing Your Characters’ Names
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Continue reading →: 9 Tips for Choosing Your Characters’ NamesAnother month, another authors’ Round Robin! And this month our topic is: How do you choose your characters’ names? Are there any you avoid? I thought this topic might be quite easy to write about but, actually, once I started thinking about it, I realised in many ways choosing names…
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Continue reading →: A new historical novel in the She-Wolf series: interview with author Carol McGrath
It’s a great pleasure to meet author Carol McGrath today, and to welcome her to a spring-like Yorkshire! Where do you live, Carol? There is a question! I live in Oxfordshire, England. I also own a house in the Greek Mani which is where I am at the moment. That…
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Making an Audiobook: The Basics You Need to Know
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Continue reading →: Making an Audiobook: The Basics You Need to KnowHave you ever wondered what goes into making an audiobook? As a reader, do you often listen to audio? In the past three years, out of ebooks, paperbacks and audio, audiobooks have had the highest year on year growth. Michael Sum and Stewart Storrar of Voquent, a voiceover agency, have…
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Continue reading →: Working well at home: Wellbeing tips for writers, creatives and freelancersHow are you coping? Since the latest lockdown restrictions here in the UK, this is a question I’ve asked or been asked often. Underneath this short question lies so much more. How are you coping with the lockdown? With having a house full of people working from home? With not…
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Continue reading →: Author J.Q. Rose’s Quick Tips on Vegetable Gardening: Getting Ready for SpringIt’s a great pleasure to welcome American author J.Q. Rose to my blog today for the launch of her memoir, Arranging a Dream. J.Q. Rose has been a friend ever since we were at the same publishing house, and our friendship has grown over our love of gardens. (You can…
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