Tag: Poison at Penshaw Hall
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Reads Rainbow
Reads Rainbow is a blog dedicated to LGBTQ books, movies, tv shows and music. It’s full of reviews, recommendations, and regular updates about upcoming book releases, with each book’s representation indicated and with blog posts grouped by genre. Just as a random example, if you checked out their blog post for mystery/thriller book releases for…
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Poison at Penshaw Hall: a super quick update
The release date for Poison at Penshaw Hall (The Milverton Mysteries #2) is fast approaching… A mere one month to go, and much work to do! Feedback from my wonderful beta readers has been pouring in. Frequently mentioned highlights have included Milverton throwing another body at Addison’s feet, his developing relationship with the studly Sergeant…
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Story edit complete for Poison at Penshaw Hall
The next Milverton Mystery has hit another important milestone now that the story edit is done! Sometimes called the developmental or structural edit, this involved cracking open the messy first draft of Poison at Penshaw Hall and getting to grips with the big picture. Does it have good bones? Does one scene flow to the next?…
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Audiobook deal announcement
Murder on Milverton Square and the yet-to-be-published Poison at Penshaw Hall are coming to ears near you! I recently finalised an audio rights deal with Tantor Media to produce and publish the first two Milverton Mysteries as audiobooks. This is huge news! I really enjoy reading audiobooks – particularly on long walks, car journeys, or when doing chores – so I’m…
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Creative Communities Scheme
The Creative Communities Scheme is a partnership between Palmerston North City Council and Creative New Zealand that helps to fund local arts projects. I found out about the scheme at a BBQ over the summer and thought I’d see if they were interested in my next locally set cosy murder mystery novel, Poison at Penshaw Hall. I prepared…
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Hacking a first draft to bits
I’ve recently started attacking the structural edit for my second cosy mystery, Poison at Penshaw Hall, the sequel to Murder on Milverton Square. I’ve sliced and diced, splitting and rearranging the scenes from my first draft into a very different order: 7, 14, 15, 16a, 5, 1, 2, 16b, 3, 4, 10, 17–25, 9, 28, 12a,…
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Book research at the Kimbolton Sculpture Festival
My next murder mystery, Poison at Penshaw Hall, features a sculpture competition. So when I heard there was an upcoming sculpture competition in a small rural community not too far away, I knew I had to go. On the advertised Saturday morning earlier this month, I joined my friends Rachel and Jill for a day…
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Poison at Penshaw Hall pre-order on best seller list
I was idly scrolling through Amazon.com’s list of Best Sellers in LGBTQ+ Mystery… and look what I found! Poison at Penshaw Hall (The Milverton Mysteries #2) is in position #29, and it’s not due out for another 9 months! (Note, these lists are updated frequently, so it may have jumped around by the time you…
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NaNoWriMo 2022… But why?
I made my first attempt at NaNoWriMo last year, and I successfully hit that 50,000 word target by the end November, but needed another nine days to reach the end of the first draft. And now, 12 months and many rounds of edits later, that book is almost out in the world! And that book…
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