UK Publication day for paperback and audio #ChristmasWishes

It’s paperback and audiobook publication day for my lovely aunt Sue Moorcroft for Christmas Wishes – here’s her blog post about it. Congratulations Sue ☺️ Xx

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Christmas Wishes paperback

Hooray! Today Christmas Wishes is available in paperback and audio!

Hannah’s lost her shop in Stockholm and her fink of an ex-boyfriend is trying to swindle her. She returns to Middledip village to look after Nan Heather while she decides what happens next in her life and becomes embroiled with the family of her teen-years buddy Nico. He’s trying to work out what happens next in his life, too. Wishes are easy to make but it’s harder to make them come true…

The paperback should be available in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrison’s, W H Smith, Waterstones and many independent bookshops. It’s a special treat for me to see one of my books on the shelves.

You might know that there’s now an online presence for independent bookshops called Bookshop.org and you can buy Christmas Wishes there, too, thereby supporting bricks and mortar stores.

Julia…

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Ten to Talk Through: Ella Allbright

In honour of publication day, the lovely Aoife at Pretty Purple Polka Dots has featured me on her blog, talking about writing and my books 🙂

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Today’s post is another instalment in my new Ten to Talk Through series, and this is a super timely one.

Today I’ve sat down for a chat with the lovely Ella Allbright.Ella’s book The Last Charmis published today. So, what better time to sit back and grab a cuppa while we chat dream book destinations, how Ella likes to relax, and her thoughts on NaNoWriMo.

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#ChristmasWishes ebook publication day!

A belated Happy eBook Publication Day to the talented Sue Moorcroft! I really enjoyed Christmas Wishes and was lucky enough to get a signed paperback copy ahead of it’s release on 12th November…

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Christmas Wishes

Such an exciting day when a book first goes on sale! Thanks to all the lovely NetGalley users who have already given Christmas Wishes so many great reviews.

Christmas Wishes is available for download in the UK now.

Join Hannah in her journeys between beautiful snowy Sweden and cosy Middledip as her life in Stockholm fragments and the village calls her back. Nico’s downshifted to Middledip too as he has two children to care for and an eating disorder to cope with. Will any of their wishes come true?

If you’d prefer to await the paperback or audio versions then they’ll be coming along on November 12th 2020.

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To double the excitement, today’s also publication day in Italy for La vacanza che cambiò la mia vita – which was

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Ella Allbright – The Last Charm

Another lovely review for The Last Charm – which has just received an amazing 100 reviews only two and a half weeks after publication 🙂 With thanks to Sharon for the review.

‘The Last Charm’ by Ella Allbright is a thought-provoking, emotional and beautiful story that begins with an email from Leila to a girl called Caitlin, to prove she is the owner of a lost charm bracelet. In order to do this, we go back in time to when Leila was an eleven-year-old and her mum left her the bracelet when she left the family to run away. Leila struggles emotionally and Jake, a boy who lives on the same road helps her through.

Ella Allbright

Each charm and the story behind it is told by the chapter, so we see and feel everything Leila and Jake go through in life. We see that Jake is there, through thick and thin for Leila, it makes for a very emotional and poignant tale. Leila is a girl who tends to flee from her problems and never realises that Jake is her mainstay…

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The Last Charm – Ella Allbright

Another gorgeous review for The Last Charm – thank you to Kelly.

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A moving and heartwarming love story perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day in December….

Leila’s charm bracelet tells a story of love, a story of loss, a story of hope.

This is the story of her…and the story of Jake.

When Leila Jones loses her precious charm bracelet and a stranger finds it, she has to tell the story of how she got the charms to prove she’s the owner. Each and every one is a precious memory of her life with Jake.

So Leila starts at the beginning, recounting the charms and experiences that have led her to the present. A present she never could have expected when she met Jake nearly twenty years ago…

Today is my stop on The Last Charm blog tour thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources, Ella Allbright and One More Chapter.

This is a story that will make you feel…

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Book Review: The Last Charm – Ella Allbright

So delighted to share a gorgeous 5 star review with you all for The Last Charm 💓 With thanks to Lu 😊

Lu Etchells

Title	The Last Charm
Author	Ella Allbright
Publisher	One More Chapter
Publication date	21st August 2020
Genre	Fiction/Women’s Fiction/Chick Lit
No. of pages	400 (Kindle)
Book # for 2020	52

The Blurb

Leila’s charm bracelet tells a story of love, a story of loss, a story of hope. This is the story of her … and the story of Jake.

When Leila Jones loses her precious charm bracelet and a stranger finds it, she has to tell the story of how she got the charms to prove she’s the owner. Each and every one is a precious memory of her life with Jake.

So Leila starts at the beginning, recounting the charms and experiences that have led her to the present. A present she never could have expected when she met Jake nearly twenty years ago…

Why I read it

Although my genre is traditionally Psych Thrillers, I…

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Writing tip: agent or no agent?

Another great writing tip blog post from Sue Moorcroft, this time about being unagented vs agented…

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Writing tip

Authors are divided about whether to work with an agent. Here are the bullet points of my own history with agents:

• Offered representation by an editor who had decided to switch to being a sole agent. Before she got as far as us signing the Agreement, she thought better of being an agent and vanished from my life.
• Got a fab London agent from a big agency. She sold me into a couple of modestly sized publishers and also large print and audio. We had a couple of near-misses with big publishers but a miss is as good as a mile. After a bereavement, I decided I would no longer be able to write novels and left her flock. We parted friends and are still.
• Unagented, I sold seven novels to publisher Choc Lit. Some were those my former agent had had near misses with so she checked…

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Writing tip: learn about publishing

Lots of fab writing tips from an author in the know 🙂 Read on…

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I’m often asked for tips so I thought I’d post a few. In my view, at least as important as improving your writing is improving your understanding of publishing. There’s a lot you can safely leave in the hands of your editor or agent if you have one but an overview of the industry can make your expectations and approach realistic.

You can learn about publishing in similar places to those where you learn about writing:

• talks (conferences and literary festivals have gone on-line during the pandemic, which often means they’re free – a bonus). The speaker can be an agent, editor, publicity guru, librarian, cover artist, author, media manager, sales manager, self-publishing specialist, journalist, ghostwriter or dozens of other roles but what they’ll have in common is a knowledge of publishing. Example: The Avon Lockdown Show features not just snippets from authors but advice from Avon editors.
• newsletters

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Standing at the career crossroads

Sue Moorcroft has shared an honest account of ‘pivoting’ in her writing career to pursue her dream of being a full-time writer. An interesting and inspirational read 🙂

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Earlier this year my writing buddy Mark West, who writes chillers and thrillers, invited me onto his blog, Strange Tales, to talk about a crossroads I once hit in my writing career and what I did about it. It got so much attention that I then wrote a ‘what happened next’ part two.

With Mark’s permission, I’m reproducing the posts here, making them into one and updating where necessary.

In Summer on a Sunny Island, to be published summer 2020, several of the characters stand at crossroads in their lives. From a writing point of view it provides conflict and personal goals, both of which drive the narrative. One afternoon, Rosa and Zach sit up on the roof terrace and try to coach each other into deciding what it is they want next in their lives. It’s not a spectacularly successful coaching session because although they agree they…

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Book Review: The Complete #LoveLondon Collection by Nikki Moore #BookReview

Thrilled with this lovely review of the London London collection by Julie at A Little Book Problem 🙂

A Little Book Problem

Six couples. One city. A year to remember.

Now you can get all of Nikki Moore’s gorgeously romantic stories from the #LoveLondon series in one book! This is THE book to fall in love with …

Includes the short stories

Skating at Somerset House
New Year at the Ritz
Valentine’s on Primrose Hill
Cocktails in Chelsea
Strawberries at Wimbledon

and the full length novel…

Picnics in Hyde Park

It has taken me so long to finally get round to writing this review, apologies Nikki! I don’t know why, because this book provided the perfect blast of much-needed joy and escapism just when I needed it at the beginning of this coronavirus pandemic. They lifted me at one of my lowest points, and I’m not sure that you can ask mush more of a book than that.

This book is actually a compendium of five novellas and one full-length novel, all…

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