by Graeme Cumming | Jan 30, 2021 | Blogging, Book Sales, Events, Life Lessons, Meetings |
Some of you will know Sue Vincent already. I met Sue for the first time about five years ago, at the first ever Bloggers Bash. She and I had ‘met’ online through our blogs, but meeting in the flesh is, inevitably, a different experience. As I recall it,...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 27, 2020 | Book Reviews, Reading |
Book Review: The Stolen Sisters Having recently read and reviewed the Amelia Henley novel, The Life We Almost Had, I went into a bit of a lull with my reading. It wasn’t anything to do with the books, I just wasn’t getting an urge to pick up my Kindle during the day,...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 22, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
As promised, this has been a short series of posts. The last review came with a whole suitcase full of trigger warnings. I have to say, until I read that list, I hadn’t realised just how depraved my mind was. It’s also worth pointing out that I had to look...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 19, 2020 | Blogging, Carrion, Interviews |
Friday 13th has a bit of a reputation, doesn’t it? Personally, I think it gets a bad press, and that certainly seemed to be the case during the blog tour. There weren’t any reviews that day, but Els over at B for Bookreview shared an interview we’d...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 16, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
This post is the fifth in a short series. If you want to check the others out, they’re probably listed in the sidebar. If not, a search should narrow things down. The fourth day of the blog tour had two Instagram reviews on it. An issue I’ve struggled with...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 13, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
This post is the fourth in a short series of posts. If you want to check the others out, they’re probably listed in the sidebar. My second Instagram review was provided by @the_b00kreader (or Siobhan as people know her in the real world). ‘…A...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 8, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
Following on from my previous posts, it’s time to share my third highlight from the recent blog tour for Carrion. Julie at A Little Book Problem took part in the blog tour for Ravens Gathering and, clearly a glutton for punishment, decided to do it again this...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 5, 2020 | Blogging, Carrion, Life Lessons, Nostalgia |
Like all authors, I’ve been asked in the past whether what I write is from experience. I suspect most writers of fiction do draw from elements of their lives. That doesn’t mean to say JK Rowling attended a school of witchcraft and wizardry, or that Douglas...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 2, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
Following on from my post last Saturday, it’s time to share my second highlight from the recent blog tour for Carrion. Instagram has been around for a while, but it still feels a little new (if not alien) to me. Even so, several of the tour participants are...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 30, 2020 | Book Reviews, Reading |
Unlike some authors, I don’t think Louise Jensen has made any secret of the fact that she has a writing alter ego. I do understand why authors adopt different personas. If you want to write in a different genre, there’s a possibility you’ll disappoint your readership...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 28, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
A couple of weeks ago, there was a blog tour for Carrion. The last time I did one of these, I pretty much wrote my own blog post for every participant on the tour, as well as sharing the content as widely as I could (which, frankly, isn’t that widely because...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 23, 2020 | Book Reviews |
Perhaps unusually, I’m going to open up by saying that I know both authors of this book – but in this case, that knowledge will provide context to my review. I first ‘met’ Sue online through her blog, and later in person at a gathering of bloggers in...
