This year, so far, has probably been the least productive of my life. Hell, even that time I was homeless I managed to write a book, but 2017 has felt like one long anxiety attack, where any impulse to create has been buried under a deluge of apathy and stress. Some of this has been […]
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To celebrate the annual madness that is Edinburgh Fringe, I have discounted my Dark Dates short story A Vampire In Edinburgh to a mere 99p on Kindle for the duration! And remember, if you are going: pack supplies… It rains in Edinburgh, people. A lot! And look, even Lyra likes the book – if paperback is […]
Thanks as ever to all the lovely bloggers who have featured me over the last few weeks! Starting with an author Q&A over at Love Books Group Then talking about my favourite books at Jen Med’s Book Reviews (including some great questions – who is my book crush? Click here to find out…) Then […]
Yup, as summer is approaching and some of you non-freelance folk have this thing they call ‘holidays’ (so I hear – they sound nice…), I thought I would offer up my romcom The Bridesmaid Blues as a bit of summer escapism (and, Lordy, don’t we need that right now). So for a limited time, it’s only 99p! […]
I have been thinking a lot about kindness this week. This has been prompted by two things – public and personal. Seeing the outpouring of donations to the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire – only weeks after Londoners opened their homes to victims of the London Bridge attacks – moved me to tears; but […]
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 […]
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 […]
