Hi, Jessica and welcome to Dark Dates! Tell us a little about your blog… what sort of books you like, how long you have been blogging, etc. Hi readers! I’ve been blogging once a week since April 2016 at https://jessicanorrie.wordpress.com , after much nagging from book groups on social media telling me I wouldn’t sell […]
Author Archives: traceysinclair
So, I was in London yesterday – drinking in Borough Market, actually, only a couple of hours before the attacks, having had a day out at the Globe, so my natural horror at the event and sorrow for those affected is also tinged with a visceral relief that my friend and I weren’t caught up […]
I’ve written a lot about writing advice – the good and the bad – but if there is one piece of ‘accepted wisdom’ I’d like to see killed by fire, it’s ‘writers must write every day’. It comes packaged in many forms – ‘real writers write every day’, you are told, as if being a […]
Because I miss talking about notebooks, am reviving my Notebook of the Week posts (sorta). This week I am mostly using this Star Wars Moleskine, which I think was a Christmas present, and this gorgeous Gustav Klimt beauty that a friend bought me in Vienna. Both lined (my favourite kind!).
Delighted to be joined by author Samantha Wood today… Hi, Samantha! Tell us a little about yourself and your book/ kind of books you write? I live by the beach in Victoria, Australia. I have a great love of the sea so it is probably no accident that my first novel The Bay of Shadows is […]
Delighted to welcome guest author Katrina Hart to Dark Dates today. Tell us a little about yourself and your books. Firstly, thank you for having me on your blog Tracey. You’re welcome, Katrina! My name’s Katrina, but all my friends call me Katie. I live in the East of England with my family and two […]
I’m doing a Goodreads giveaway for Bridesmaid Blues – so why not pop over and see if you can win a copy? Click here.
One of the pleasures of publishing is other people’s reactions to your writing: I don’t imagine there’s a writer out there who doesn’t love getting nice feedback. If you didn’t want readers to connect with your writing, you wouldn’t put it out there, and the validation that comes with a good review can’t be overstated. […]
Because, by the standards of the internet, I am old and uncool, I often find myself baffled by the wealth of abbreviations out there, wary of a David Cameron moment (who famously signed off a text about someone’s bereavement with ‘LOL’, thinking it still meant ‘lots of love’.). But recently I came across a term […]
I’m not usually that affected when famous people die: it’s sad and all, of course, but mostly it’s time for a moment’s reflection, then you get on with your day. This week I’ve been reading two very different books by two very different people, both of whose deaths hit me harder than normal, because they […]
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