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Romancing the Word – a celebration of romance writing @TamworthLitFest
On 11th June 2016 there will be a whole day devoted to romance and romance writing as part of Tamworth Literary Festival. The event is called Romancing the Word, and I’m very excited to be hosting a...
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#writetip: Why “show, not tell” is such a hard slog
Image courtesy of Pixabay “Show, don’t tell” is one of the most well-known pieces of advice for writers – and maybe one of the most difficult to follow. I’ve been thinking about this advice this past...
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Tamworth Literary Festival ~ **Romancing The Word**
Details of the Romancing the Word event in Tamworth, West Midlands, where I’ll be giving a workshop on how to create that all-important romantic tension when writing a romance. There’ll be lots more...
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Romancing the Word – an event for book lovers and romance readers @TamLitFest
This weekend I made my way down south from my home in Yorkshire to the town of Tamworth in the West Midlands to take part in an event called Romancing the Word. This whole day devoted to romantic...
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One hundred years since the Battle of the Somme
On August 1st 2014 I published this post to mark hundred years since the start of World War One. Today marks one hundred years since the Battle of the Somme, and in remembrance of all those who died...
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A Year of Light and Shadows by @HelenaFairfax #Romance #RomanticSuspense #books
Today my romantic suspense, A Year of Light and Shadows, is featured on author Mrs N’s Princess of the Light blog. Mrs N has a fabulous blog and has deservedly built up a following of thousands. My...
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Dialogue Tags #writetip #amwriting
Ryan Lanz runs the excellent blog A Writer's Path - a great resource for writers, full of ideas and writing tips. I'm delighted to welcome Ryan here today with an excellent post on the do's and don'ts...
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How to research a location you haven’t actually been to #amwriting
If you've been following my blog for a while, or read any of my books, you'll know how important setting is to me in my writing. In this post about Richmond Park, for example, I wrote about how I tried...
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Good to meet you…author Leah DeCesare
One of the best things about keeping this blog has been the amazing people I've met from all around the world because of it. A few months ago Leah DeCesare got in touch through my contact page. It was...
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How to get reviews for your novel #amwriting
This month's question for our authors' Round Robin was suggested by Victoria Chatham, and it's another excellent topic... "Love 'em or hate 'em, reviews help sell books - but how to get them?" I'm so...
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Spotlight on Elaine Everest’s charming new novel, The Butlins Girls
Elaine Everest is a friend and colleague from the Romantic Novelists' Association. It's a great pleasure to introduce Elaine's latest release, The Butlins Girls. The Butlins Girls is set in Butlins'...
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Contemporary romance A Way from Heart to Heart – free on Kindle
I'm writing this post to let you know my publishers have made my novel A Way from Heart to Heart free on Amazon until May 9th 2017. If you haven't already read my contemporary romance, here is the link...
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Good to meet you…author @MaggieCammiss
May is my favourite month. The garden is coming into bloom, the heather on the moors is tinged with green, and best of all - it's stopped raining. It's still too cold to sit with my guest today in the...
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Win 25 books with @AuthorsXP, plus new Amazon bestseller charts
How would you like to have all your summer reading sorted, as well as discover new authors you might not otherwise have read? Every day from now until Tuesday 23rd May 2017, the team at the website...
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Hooking the reader with a killer opening to your book #writetip
This month's Round Robin topic has been set by author Skye Taylor. Here's Skye's question: Has so much emphasis been placed by readers, publishers, reviewers, etc, on authors having a spectacular...
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A feel good summer romance, and why I love #Bollywood
The village where I live - Saltaire, near Bradford, West Yorkshire - is a former Victorian mill town, and now a UNESCO World Heritage site. (A while ago I wrote a post about Saltaire and the weaving...
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More Beginnings – a new romance set in sunny Australia @_Iris_B
A while back I interviewed the lovely German/Australian author Iris Blobel here on my blog. When I went to check the date of the interview, I was amazed to find it was more than two years ago. Iris has...
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#AuthorTakeover Why Romance Novels Are All So Predictable by Helena Fairfax...
A post I wrote this week for book blogger/reviewer Emma Mitchell. This subject is something I’ve been thinking a lot about recently, so I thought I’d repost here. If you have any comments, I’d love to...
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Cover Reveal –‘Felicity at the Cross Hotel’ by Helena Fairfax
Sonya Alford, of the lovely book blog A Lover of Books, has a cover reveal of Felicity at the Cross Hotel on her blog today, plus an extract from the story – so I thought I’d share it here…! A Lover of...
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Talking books and writing with #ukindielitfest
On 26th August I’ll be in Bradford, West Yorkshire, at the Bradford Indie Lit Fest, along with lots of other indie authors. It’s a day of workshops, talks, and book signings, and if you live in the...
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