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Christmas Advent Calendar t&cs
COMPETITION TERMS & CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR COMPETITIONS. All competitions closes midnight on 25th December. Christmas advent calendar challenge competition: If you take part 5 or more prompts from our advent calendar you will be entered into a...
Writing Prequels by Heather Atkinson
Prequels are fun. There's no denying it. Characterisation is undoubtedly my favourite thing about writing fiction and it's fascinating to delve into a character's past where you can really show what made them into the people they became in the original books. Perhaps...
EXTRACT: The Catch by Shari Low and Ross King
Prologue The Lomax Oscar After-Party, Beverly Hills Heights Hotel, 2014 ‘Hollywood’ – Michael Bublé It wasn’t your typical Hollywood threesome. No one could take their eyes off them. All night the official photographers had been firing flashes like strobes in their...
How to spend Christmas in Cornwall!
A guide from Jo Bartlett, author of The Cornish Midwife series! 20th December - Cornish Bush The Cornish bush is the county’s very own version of a Christmas wreath. It’s made from weaving together holly, ivy and mistletoe around a circle of withy, with a crown of red...
Erin Litteken discusses the inspiration behind her brand new novel The Memory Keeper of Kyiv on Holodomor Remembrance Day
Erin Litteken discusses the inspiration behind her brand new novel The Memory Keeper of Kyiv on Holodomor Remembrance Day My fascination with Ukraine sparked at my great-grandmother’s knee, listening to the tales she wove of both her life there and the perilous...
Town vs Country – which is more fun? by Phoebe MacLeod
Town vs Country – which is more fun? My latest book, Let’s not be Friends, begins with city girl Sophie ranting at her unreliable Aga. If there’s one symbol that most accurately symbolises country life, the Aga has to be it. When I was growing up, my best friend’s...
Peterborough Monastery ✨
The research behind Warrior of Mercia by MJ Porter! During the Saxon period, Peterborough was known as Medeshamstede – a bit of a mouthful, and even for those who study the period a lot, a bit confusing, as it has so little resemblance to Peterborough. For that...
Inspiration for The Cellar by John Nicholl
The Cellar is a standalone, dark psychological suspense thriller, which like all my other books, draws on my experiences as a police officer and child protection social worker. I started writing after leaving my job heading up child protection services for...
Social media and Mermaids Point!
Writing about the impact of social media 📱🖊 A blog post by Sarah Bennett! Social media is everywhere and it’s impossible to write a story set in current times without reflecting that aspect of life. I’m sure we’d all like to escape it sometimes, but it’s also made...
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