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In need of some summer reading? Here’s an excerpt from my novel, Three Weeks Last Spring. England April 1999 Skye Dunbar stood by the window, and looked out across the meadow as she waited for the transatlantic phone call to connect. It had been a miserable weekend—dull, wet and cold—cold as the heart that beat […]
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Vanilla Heart Publishing is joining with its authors to donate a portion of the sales from five titles to the Greater New Orleans Foundation Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund for their relief efforts in helping to clean up the effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill. Three Weeks Last Spring by Victoria Howard Nature’s Gifts […]
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To celebrate Earth Day and the work of the Nature Conservancy Council, Vanilla Heart Publishing has released ‘Nature’s Gifts.’ More than twenty pieces, from haiku to villanelles, from essays to short stories, will delight nature lovers everywhere. Take a walk in a garden or hike in a national park. Reflect on the moon. Learn something […]
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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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I am delighted to annouce that my novel, Three Weeks Last Spring, has been nominated for the 2009 Pushcart Prize. Here’s a copy of the annoucement made by my Publisher: Vanilla Heart Publishing Announces 2009 Pushcart Prize Nominees Vanilla Heart Publishing is pleased to announce our nominations for the 2009. The Pushcart Prize – Best […]
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Today, I’d delighted to welcome my good friend and fellow author, Brenda Hill to my Blog. A novelist, short story writer, Brenda is the author of two novels, Ten Times Guilty, and Beyond the Quiet, and a non-fiction book, Plot your way to Publication, which I can highly recommend. Brenda also writes features and restaurant […]
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CELEBRATING Three Weeks Last Spring ISBN 978-1-935407-04-1 and Supporting Marine Conservancy in the San Juan Islands Midnight May 31st, 2009 – Midnight June 7th, 2009 To celebrate the release of Three Weeks Last Spring, a romantic suspense novel set in the San Juan Islands of Washington State, with intriguing plots and deeply developed characters and […]
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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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I thought I would take some time out from working on my current novel to share some reviews for The House on the Shore. The first comes from Front Street Reviews. www.frontstreetreviews.com The House on the Shore Victoria Howard Reviewed by Ashley Merrill Victoria Howard has painted her readers a beautiful picture of Scotland with […]
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On my recent appearance on the Rony Robinson Show on BBC Radio Sheffield, we talked about backstory or the infodump, and why telling the reader too much, too soon, should be avoided. What exactly do writers mean when they talk about backstory? Basically, it is filling the reader in on the background of your story, […]