Category: author

An author’s Guide to Promotion

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Congratulations! Your book has been published. The hard work of writing, editing, and sweating over just the right word, are over. You can sit back and relax. Or can you? Now is the time to take off your “writer’s” hat and put on the “marketing” hat. But surely marketing my book is down to the […]

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Talks and Puppy Dog Tales….

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Writing is, for the most part, a lonely profession, but once in a while I receive an invitation to give a talk. A couple of weeks ago, I spent a delightful morning talking to the members of the Parkgate Branch of the University of the 3rd Age. For those of you unfamiliar with the name, […]

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London Book Festival 2009

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The winners of the London Book festival Annual Competition 2009, http://londonbookfestival.com/portal/content.asp?ContentId=600 honouring the best of international publishing have been announced, and I’m delighted to say that my novel, The House on the Shore, received an honourable mention. The House on the Shore is a romantic suspense novel set in Scotland. It interweaves the lives of […]

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Book signings, radio shows and talks!

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This week has been a rollercoaster ride, and it’s not over yet! Monday evening I attended a talk given by best selling author of romantic comedy, Adele Parks. It was good to take time out from working on my third novel to listen to Adele read excerpts from her new novel, ‘Love Lies,’ and to […]

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Readers’ Groups

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Thank you to Jill Craven, Reader Development Officer for Barnsley Libraries, and all the members of Dodworth Readers’ Group for making me feel so welcome on Tuesday evening. There’s nothing nicer than talking about books with people who love books too. While I’m no stranger to chatting to people in book stores during signing events, […]

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Author Events

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Gone are the days when most authors could sit back and let their publisher sell their book. Nowadays authors new and established often get little marketing help, and the prospect of doing it yourself can be daunting. But with a little perseverance and a little practice it can be fun, especially if you enjoy talking […]

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Books with Heart on BlogTalk Radio

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Victoria Howard celebrates The House on the Shore and Three Weeks Last Spring Thursday – 6/4/2009 1:00 PM Pacific time – 60 Minutes http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Books-with-Heart All Books with Heart Shows are archived for your listening convenience, and if you can pop in, a blogtalk chat room is the place to ask the author questions or chat […]

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Joan Hessayon Award

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Each year the Romantic Novelists’ Association presents the Joan Hessayon Award to those members who have come through the Association’s New Writers’ Scheme and have succeeded in having their manuscript published. This year there were seven contenders, myself included. The winner was announced at the Association’s summer party held in London on Wednesday, 13th May. […]

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March is Small Press Month

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What exactly is a small press? The term is used to describe publishers who have annual sales below a certain limit, or who publish a limited number of titles each year. Small presses make up half the market share of the book publishing industry, and present an opportunity for new writers to break into publishing. […]

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