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Joan Hessayon Award

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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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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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Head hopping: to hop or not to hop!

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Have you ever read a scene in a novel and suddenly wondered, ‘Who is thinking this?’ Quite often, it means that the writer has hopped into another character’s head and you, the reader, didn’t follow the shift. When this happens, readers will most likely lay down the book, never to pick it up again. Some […]

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Hello world!

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Welcome to my blog on WordPress.com. I am the author of two novels, the second of which will shortly be released by Vanilla Heart Publishing. I’ll try to keep you up todate with all that’s happening.

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