10 things I learned from my month of shameless self-promotion

This month I set myself a challenge: do a social media post promoting my books once every day during September. The reasons for this were many. I’ve written recently on how I’ve been struggling with my creative journey a lot over the last few years. The cumulative effects of the pandemic, menopause and an arts […]

Dark Dates and Bridesmaid Blues promo round-up – and New York pic!

It’s been a busy old time at Dark Dates Towers, connecting with some amazing bloggers! I was incredibly excited to be Author of the Week at Hello Chicklit, where the lovely Aimee featured an interview and guest post. Rachel’s Random Reads did a super fun ‘truth or not’ feature and I was back at Bloomin’ […]

Some love for Bridesmaid Blues and a load of guest posts!

Blimey, it’s been a busy old summer here at Dark Dates towers – but one of the nicest things has been seeing some love for my romcom, Bridesmaid Blues. This is a bittersweet pleasure: I always felt conflicted about this book: I love it, but when it came out I somehow never managed to give it […]

Stranger Things, music to write by, book buying and 10 things I’ve learned

It’s been another busy few weeks in Dark Dates towers, and I’ve had some great fun visiting various blogs. First off, it was over to Reflections of a Reader for their new segment, Monday Musings – where I talked about book buying habits, and why I can’t stop buying hardbacks even though I don’t actually […]

Promo and reviews round up

It’s been a busy few weeks for Dark Dates – I’ve particularly been working with bloggers and authors from the fantastic Book Connectors Facebook Group, which has been a lot of fun and lead to some really interesting posts! First up, I did a post on Damp Pebbles, talking about how the crime and fantasy […]