I was nervous about doing my first blog tour – what if everyone hated my book? What if they laughed at my very presumption in trying to get them to review it? Partly for reasons of anxiety, I went with Random Things Blog Tours, which is run by book blogging maven Anne Cater – I […]
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I must admit as a terminal, grumpy singleton who also has one of my year’s biggest deadlines in mid-February, I tend to ignore all this Valentines’ malarkey. But, in the hope you all are less bitter and black-hearted than me, I am offering both my Geordie romcom Bridesmaid Blues and my sexy, funny vampire book […]
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. […]
2016 has been such a raving dumpster fire that I occasionally have to remind myself it wasn’t all bad, and that some good things did indeed happen. For me, one of those things was the release of the latest in the Dark Dates series – Angel Falls, the sequel to Wolf Night, and a collection […]
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 […]
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 […]
Got a lovely 5* review for Angel Falls from Gaele at I Am, Indeed – “Truly this is one of the best Urban Fantasies you’ve never heard of! …unique, funny and totally twisted in ALL the best ways” Erica at the lovely little blog The Bookshop Round the Corner – which is a booklover’s joy, […]
I’ve been insanely busy lately with both my directories work and my new (super exciting) gig reviewing for The Stage. But I haven’t entirely neglected Dark Dates, and have some fun promo stuff lined up over the next few months, and have connected with some great bloggers over the last few weeks. First up, was ‘My […]
The lovely Jo at Jaffa Reads Too (Jaffa being her gorgeous big ol’ ginger cat) and I have bonded over her kitty and my step-kitty (regular readers will be familiar with Lyra, below, who also likes a good book). She kindly hosted a Guest Post on her blog. When I came across blogger Cassandra I […]
This week has been incredibly busy for me – not helped by losing a whole day to a migraine! – but I have been cheered by lots more lovely feedback coming in for the books. I mentioned Megan at Published Moments in a previous post, and her lovely 5* review of Angel Falls went live […]
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