The nights are drawing in and the trees are looking golden. Halloween and Bonfire Night are over and the shops are filled with festive cheer. It must be November and time to look back over the past year. After the Read more…
Books may well be the only true magic – Alice Hoffman In the Phillips household, Halloween preparations are underway. We have a bowl of sweets ready for the estate kids when they come trick or treating and plans for a Read more…
It’s that month again, when the shops are filled with trick-or-treat sweeties and scary costumes, and for once it’s perfectly acceptable not to sweep away the cobwebs. With Halloween on the way, this is the perfect time to share what Read more…
I saw my mother-in-law at the weekend. She’s not happy with me. Why? She wants to read the follow-up novel to Haven Wakes right now. Why isn’t it ready? How long does it take to write a book, for goodness’s Read more…
This summer seemed to go on forever but with autumn waiting at the door, I thought I’d share what I’ve been reading over the last few months. With two of my books with my publisher Burning Chair and no edits Read more…
Summer time, and the living is ea-zee… ♫♪ Or at least it is if you don’t have to write a blog post when you’ve nothing much to say. You see, while I wait for my publisher to get back to Read more…
Let’s be honest. As readers, we pay most attention to authors when they’ve recently released a new book. Ooh, shiny new reading material with a pretty cover. How exciting! And that’s perfectly understandable because even if we scour their monthly Read more…
The edits on the second novel in my fantasy series, the Haven Chronicles, are coming along nicely but I have to admit that working on my copywriting business and editing my novel have taken a toll on my reading. My Read more…
Over the last couple of days, I’ve been asked the same question by a friend and a couple of readers. All three of them have read my debut fantasy novel Haven Wakes and left glowing reviews, but they wanted to Read more…
I’ve been so head down in editing Book 2 of the Haven Chronicles that I completely forgot about writing a blog post until today, which unfortunately (or fortunately, in my case) coincided with me taking two hours out of my working day to get my hair done for the first time since Autumn 2020. Now, I’m back at my desk freshly coiff-ed and raring to go. Except…
