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Today January 27th, my novel The Accident is being released to the world in ebook, paperback, hardback, large print, and audio. With this release, I felt that I should look at how I created Kate Duggan, the heroine of The Accident. What happened to Kate before the...

Happy publication day to The Girls from Sandycove by Sian O'Gorman!🍦 In the mornings, my dogs and I leave the house for our walk, and we look a little trepidatiously into the dark and cold… Well, I do, anyway, they are always far more enthusiastic than me. And we head...

Just Do It by Maxine Morrey is out today 🧡!  As someone who’s always been interested in the mysteries and faded glamour of Ancient Egypt, I’ve long had a hankering to write an archaeologist heroine. This was only compounded by my love for the British Museum in London,...

A blog by bestselling author Jane Dunn ✨ A Scandalous Match is out today! In A Scandalous Match an ancestral diamond necklace plays an important emotional part. My actress heroine, Angelica, is given what she believes is her grandmother’s favourite diamond rivière – a...

In Coffee and Cake at Wildflower Lock we see the return of Daisy May and her canal boat, the September Rose. Daisy is now living full-time next to Theo, who helped her get the boat up and running, although their adventure has only just begun. As exciting as this new...

It's every writer's dream to have their book adapted for TV right? Amanda Reynolds had her book Close To Me adapted into a drama on Channel 4, and in light of her brand new book The Screenwriter coming out, she's been reflecting on the process of having one of her...

This was a deeply emotional book to write as the inspiration came from my mother’s childhood. She was born in Linz and grew up during the war years. Sometimes, she spoke of the allied planes appearing as she picked wildflowers in the hills; how she lay flat on the...

Character transition for Clash of Kings, a blog post by MJ Porter. Edmund, ætheling, and then king of the English Edmund, of the House of Wessex, was the second-youngest half-brother of King Athelstan. His date of birth is unknown, but it’s believed to have been in...

A blog post by MJ Porter, author of Clash of Kings. Start reading now: https://mybook.to/clashkingssocial Much of the middle portion of Clash of Kings takes place during the winter months, and not a mild winter, but rather one where snow lies deep on the ground, and...