It’s ‘a beach read’ but that doesn’t mean it lacks substance

I recently had an interesting conversation with a friend of a friend who told me she wanted to buy my novel Return to Desiree Bay for her 87-year-old mother. She said her mother ‘loved romance novels’. I didn’t take offence but I did note her tone of voice. To my sensitive ears, it implied that…

My novel is published so what happens next?

FINALLY. Finally, my novel Return to Desiree Bay is published in ebook format and paperback through Print-On-Demand (POD). It’s taken me eight years, with stops and starts along the way. After several rejections from major publishing houses I decided to go it alone and self-publish. I needed to get it out of the way in…