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I am pleased to annouce that I am a participating author in Operation Ebook drop. Launched by author Ed Patterson, a former military man, it provides ebooks for military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Smashwords authors, can provide coupon codes, which allow members of the Coalition Forces to down load books to their electronic […]
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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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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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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, […]
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I’ve been invited to take part in a discussion on BBC Radio Sheffield on Tuesday the 24th March at 1.25pm. I’ll be discussing my new book, The House on the Shore, and taking part in host, Rony Robinson’s project to get the listeners to write a poem. Why not listen in and join in the […]
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The House on the Shore is a contender for the 2009 Joan Hessayon Award presented by the Romantic Novelists Association. The Joan Hessayon NWS Award is presented to the best debut novel each year to have come through the specialized and highly selective New Writer’s Scheme and been accepted for publication by a recognized publisher. […]
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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. […]