Reading Time: 18 minutesI’m excited to share this long-awaited extra taste of what’s coming in Orange. Below you’ll find the second preview of the opening chapters of Half an Orange in Gretna Green. You can find the first chapter preview HERE if you missed it Spoiler Warning If you have not completed Spilling the Tea, please don’t even […]
Preview—Half an Orange in Gretna Green. Part 1
Reading Time: 12 minutesThis is ONLY for readers who have completed Spilling the Tea in Gretna Green. If you haven’t yet done so, please don’t even consider reading it. The spoilers begin immediately. Come back after you’ve completed Tea. Spoiler Warning If you have not completed Spilling the Tea, please don’t even consider reading this. Specifically, you must […]
Linzi Day On UK Health Radio’s The Healthy Debate Show
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was delighted to be invited onto UK Health Radio’s The Healthy Debate Show, hosted by the wonderful Dr.Belynder Walia—a gifted psychotherapist and author of Fix Me. We chatted about my journey to becoming an author, the inspiration behind the Midlife Recorder series, the power of storytelling, creativity, reinvention, and why it’s never too late […]
The Evolution of the Cover for Half an Orange in Gretna Green
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis post is a completely spoiler-free look at the, as Recorder Elsie would call it, “right to-do” my cover designer and I had while attempting to finalise the cover for Half an Orange in Gretna Green. Looking back, I think it’s funny now. Not so much at the time, I gotta tell you. Let’s take […]
Which Spilling the Tea story is your favourite?
Reading Time: 2 minutesResults You can still vote in the above poll (it will be interesting to see if it changes over time), but here are the results from the first few weeks:Only about 20% voted in the tight time-scale, but even with almost a thousand Voracious Readers it was still extremely close (literally single votes in it). […]
Audio bonuses for the Midlife Recorder series
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere are now audio bonus epilogues for the first three books. Most readers get the bonuses into their BookFunnel app smoothly. A few experience difficulty. This post is a super-simple guide for any readers who are struggling. Video guide Below is a guide to getting the bonuses into the BookFunnel app on your device. It […]
Bearded Dragons from Indiana
Reading Time: 2 minutesThanks so much to Ann and Lisa from IN, USA, for sharing these incredible photos of their Bearded Dragons. And of course, extra special thanks to Wishy, Washee, Rupert, Bindi, Squirt, Idgie, Curry, Saffron and Taj. “We were setting up to take a Christmas photo and the dragons were curious about it. They gathered around […]
Behind the Books – Dola’s Secret Heart
Reading Time: 5 minutesThere are no spoilers in this piece, so don’t worry if you haven’t reached this part of the series yet. “I also have a crusader’s heart in one of my walls.” The house shook a little for a moment, and then Dola continued, “Ah yes, there it is. It is currently at the end of […]