Today I am on tour with Scared to Death from Rachel Amphlett.
Scared to Death is the first novel in a new series about Detective Kay Hunter and is due for release on 6th Dec by Saxon Publishing. I have read and reviewed Scared to Death (Click Here) and today I am also lucky enough to have a great guest post from Rachel Amphlett entitled ~ ‘My Road to Publication’
I’ll hand you over to Rachel now….
Today I am absolutely thrilled to be on the tour bus with Cherly Rees-Price and her second novel in the DI Winter Meadows Series, Frozen Minds.
Published by Accent Press in October 2016, Frozen Minds is a novel based around a murder in a residential care home, Bethesda House. DI Meadows is called in to solve the case.
Cheryl has written a fabulous guest post for us today about the impact of technology in the criminal world and how far these advances have progressed from the early works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Jessikah Hope Stenson is a young writer not afraid to take risks.
Having previously released a book of short stories A Single Drop of Perfect , Jessikah is now embarking on a new and very exciting venture with a Psychological Thriller Trace This Scar, due for release by Excalibur Press November 24th.
I am delighted to be kicking off the blogtour with a wonderful piece from Jessikah entitled ~ Top Tips for Writing Thrillers
So without further ado, I’ll hand you over to Jessikah…
The Ten Trickiest Thinks about being an Author ~ a Guest Post by Jo Platt
Now unless you have been hiding under a rock, you will know that the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards were held at the Hilton Double Tree Hotel in Dublin last Wednesday Night (16th November)
I was nervous but also very excited to have been invited by writing.ie.
I set up Swirl and Thread last March with no idea really of what I was doing. I just knew I loved books and wanted to share that passion with other like minded people. To be suddenly seated among such literary giants in such a short time-frame was indeed an honour very hard to describe.
Read on for my thoughts on one amazing event…
Today I have a very poignant guest post from writer Colette McCormick entitled ‘No Regrets’
Today I have a guest post from ME!!!!!!
The dress is hanging up & sparkling!
The hair and nails are done!
The shoes are glistening new in the box!
Where am I going?
Well….I have been lucky enough to be invited to the Irish Book Awards tonight in Dublin by Vanessa Fox O’ Loughlin. Vanessa is the founder of Inkwell Publications and is also the brains behind the fantastic website Writing.ie , the online resource for all your literary requirements. Of course some of you know her as Sam Blake, crimefiction writer of Little Bones.
I’m hoping to report back from my trip but in the meantime, here’s a look at who I expect I’ll be stalking….
Recently I came across a local Cork Writer, Aedin Johnston, who has written a book about a topic very close to her heart, entitled Finding James.
Her Granduncle, James O’ Connor was a Cork man who was called to the Colours in August 1914. He nearly made it to the end of the war but died on the battle fields of France in 1918. His family did not know why he joined the British Army or where he was buried. Through research Aedin followed his journey once he left Ireland to when he finally died.
Finding James is an emotional journey which uses one man’s details to understand the lives these soldiers led and to pay tribute to their sacrifice.
I am delighted to hand over to Aedin here at Swirl and Thread today with a wonderful guest-post entitled :
‘My Path to Self-Publication’
A recipe for a Witch’s Potion ~ Halloween
Emily Hearne Age 10
Earlier in the week I had the pleasure of being joined on Swirl and Thread by writer Helene Leuschel.
Helene was very honest and open with her answers and was so enthusiastic that she also wrote a great guest post for my blog.
Entitled Nature, Nurture and The Ability to Empathize, it truly is a lovely piece of writing and I am delighted to able to present it to you as I hand over to Helene now.