23 Nov 2021

A new release from Lizzie Chantree. The Woman Who Felt Invisible.

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This week, I’m spotlighting a new story from the international bestselling author of If you love me, I’m yours, Ninja School Mum and Babe Driven. Take a look at The woman who felt invisible. A gorgeous romantic story of love and new beginnings. … Continued

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22 Nov 2021

Which is the important bit. Beginning, middle or end?

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Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Don’t forget to click the purple button to see what everyone else has to say. Which part of your book do you spend the most time on? Beginning, … Continued

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18 Nov 2021

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2020. The year of The Syk’m.

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NaNo was a success for me in 2020. In the end, I managed to write 51865 words of my next story. As always, there’s a mixture of feelings, relief and amazement that I actually managed to finish and sadness that … Continued

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15 Nov 2021

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2019

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Welcome to the latest of this year’s retrospective NaNoWriMo posts. Today, I’m telling you all about 2019 The novel that came from that challenge was The Hitman and the Thief. The idea came from my workshop, a course that I … Continued

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8 Nov 2021

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2017

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Welcome to the third of my retrospective NaNoWriMo posts, we’re now up to 2017. Unlike 2016, this year there was no short story to base my attempt on. I was starting from scratch. As well as Andorra Pett and the … Continued

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4 Nov 2021

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2016

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Welcome back to my trip through the NaNo projects of the past. This time, I’m looking at 2016. I didn’t attempt NaNo in 2015, I was otherwise engaged in adjusting to life after work, as I mentioned last week. My … Continued

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1 Nov 2021

Noms de Plume, what’s in a name.

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Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Don’t forget to click the purple button to see what everyone else has to say. Did you write under a pseudonym? Why? Yes, I do. Even though my … Continued

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28 Oct 2021

It’s that time of the year again. The veil grows thin. Flash Fiction for Halloween.

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Once again, it’s time to feature a short story for Halloween. I wrote The Veil for a Circle of Spears performance at the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle. back in 2016. They left the subject up to me, but I … Continued

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