Category Archives: Last Girl Standing

Last Girl Standing cover reveal!

Posted on October 29, 2014 by

I’ve been keeping this to myself for ages but now I can finally reveal the cover of my next novel. I love it! It sits perfectly with the cover design of The Accident, don’t you think? Last Girl Standing Keep … Continue reading →

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The post-edit lull

Posted on October 28, 2014 by

There’s a very good reason I haven’t blogged since the summer – I’ve been bogged down in editing…well, I could say hell but, because I suspect my editor might read this, I’ll say ‘challenges’. Basically, after I received her feedback … Continue reading →

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Crime festivals, Cornwall and covers…

Posted on August 23, 2014 by

July and August have been incredibly busy. From 17th-20th July I went to Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Festival in Harrogate. The festival is legendary amongst the crime fraternity and I’ve been desperate to go for years. This year the planets … Continue reading →

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100,000 copies of The Accident sold!

Posted on June 24, 2014 by

Today I received the wonderful news that the combined ebook and paperback sales of The Accident now top 101,000! That figure is beyond my wildest dreams and I can’t quite believe it. Fortuitously, today was also the day I’d arranged … Continue reading →

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Music to write to…

Posted on May 8, 2014 by

I’ve read about other authors creating musical soundtracks for their books and I’ve never quite understood what they meant (probably my fault for skim reading their blog posts). Do they mean they have a certain soundtrack, a sort of mixed … Continue reading →

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If the state of your desk reflects the state of your brain…

Posted on June 12, 2013 by

…then I’m in trouble!* Last week I had a minor heart attack when I thought I’d lost all the work I’d done on my edits for ‘THE ACCIDENT’ when a Windows 8 update on my new Dell laptop decided to … Continue reading →

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The reason I haven’t finished my edits yet…

Posted on May 25, 2013 by

My editor delivered my edits to me at the beginning of May. I was really nervous when I opened the email because I had no idea what to expect. A dozen thoughts went through my head as I clicked ‘open’ … Continue reading →

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