Tag Archives: Michelle Diener

Books with food themes – and some with recipes!

I used to read a series of books, whose author’s name I’ve long forgotten, on a caterer who was constantly getting into trouble and then out trouble. These books were older, as in I read them close to 20 years … Continue reading

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Pin-ups

Lately, it seems I’ve found myself reading or watching a number of articles and panel discussions which have touched on the way women look, both negatively and positively. I read an article by a legal journalist where she (yes, she) … Continue reading

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Creative Outlets (with giveaway of an ARC of The Emperor’s Conspiracy)

UPDATE: Giveaway winner: I used random.org to pick a winner, and Blodeuedd’s name came out the hat, but as Blodeuedd is a reviewer who has reviewed my previous novels and I’d planned on asking her if she’d like to review … Continue reading

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Revisiting Old Friends

I can remember very clearly some of the defining books of my childhood. One was Watership Down, another was Candy Come Home. The Talking Parcel by Gerald Durrell and The Lone Pine Club series also stand out. And so does … Continue reading

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Humour with a Twist (with giveaway)

I love things that make me think, and make me laugh, so paraprosdokians – idioms or phrases which start with a well-known sentiment and then twist it around, usually in a funny way, are right up my street. The term … Continue reading

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Being in the know

As a writer, at the moment I’m working on a book where the reader knows a lot more about what’s happening than the characters in the book do. That’s because the heroine is posing as someone she’s not, and the … Continue reading

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The Care and Feeding of Authors

Chocolate. That’s all I’ll say on the feeding of us. Actually, this post is about emails and reviews that make authors hearts go pitty pat. I got a wonderful review on amazon this weekend, and no, it isn’t because I … Continue reading

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Inspirations

We’ve shared a short video with Magical Musings blogger Cynthia Eden on what inspires her. I was interviewed last year on what I used as inspiration for my Tudor-set series, and here it is. And to end off we are … Continue reading

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Serendipity

I’m on holiday with my family at the moment. It’s the autumn holidays, and my father-in-law and sister-in-law are over for a visit. We’ve gone camping to a little place on the coast about 600km from where I live, and … Continue reading

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Chris Mattice Loves Books (with gift card giveaway)

We’re delighted to feature Chris Mattice today. She’s a reader, and we love connecting with readers. She’ll tell you below how she won this gig, but we feel that we’re the winners. And it turns out that she doesn’t live … Continue reading

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