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You can't judge a book by its cover

26/2/2015

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All English speaking people know that this phrase is very true - people are more than what we can see on the outside.  More than once in my life I have had to change my opinion of someone when I got to know them better.  However, although we all know the truth of this statement it doesn't stop us making snap judgements on people based on what they are wearing, where they are when we meet them, whether they have tattoos or crazy hairstyles.  First impressions are very strong.

When it comes to designing a book cover this is also true.  The cover won't tell you if the book is well written, if the story is carefully constructed and edited, how much research has gone into writing it but it will tell you whether it is the book for you.  A good book cover should attract the reader's attention and convey certain messages: what sort of story it is, what the reader can expect: romance, mystery, crime, murder, erotica, historical.  It should never mislead the reader or promise something that it is not.

Although it is perfectly possible to design your own book cover, it is often easier and more successful to buy the art work from a dedicated site such as SelfPubBookCovers.com.  That is what I did for my latest novel, a mystery story set in the Spanish resort of Marbella.



The book is now available as an ebook on Kindle, Apple iBooks, Barnes and Noble and in paperback from most on-line bookstores, including Amazon.


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M is for MEMORIES - latest novel out soon

20/2/2015

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My latest novel is finished and due to be published any day.  Entitled "M is for MEMORIES", it is a mystery story is about a famous artist, Nancy Miller.  She has been persuaded by her agent to publish her memoirs but needs a ghost writer to help her write them.  She finds a young woman called Ana who is keen to take on the job.  However, as Nancy starts to recount her life story, it becomes obvious to Ana that the artist is hiding something, so she decided to dig more deeply to unravel the past.  When she eventually works out what Nancy's terrible secret is, she does not know what to do with the information; should she include it in the book and risk ruining Nancy's international reputation or should she tell Nancy's son what she has discovered?  Either way the consequences threaten to be devastating for Nancy and her family.


The novel is due to be published later this month in paperback and as an ebook on Amazon Kindle.  

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H IS FOR HAWK

17/2/2015

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Wow!  What a wonderful book.  As soon as I saw the cover I knew I wanted to read this book.
This is a real-life account of how Helen Macdonald trained a goshawk and then wrote a book about it.  But what a book; it shimmers with life and excitement.  Her language is so descriptive that you are there with her, an enormous hawk gripping your gloved fist while she wrestles with her grief over her dead father and the young goshawk she is determined to train.  By the end of the book which, I might add, is hard to put down, you feel you know Mabel, the hawk, as well as Macdonald does.  For anyone who loves birds and the countryside this is a very rewarding read.  It also contains a mini-biography of the writer TH White who wrote a book entitled The Goshawk, which Macdonald had read as a child and numerous times since.  As you read H is for Hawk you accompany MacDonald on a journey of discovery where she comes to terms with her own personal grief, reaches an understanding about TH White and his tortured life and learns to love and respect Mabel, her goshawk.

Awarded the Samuel Johnson prize for Non-Fiction in 2014.



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New writer JESSIE BURTON

13/2/2015

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The Miniaturist by Jesse Burton


This is a beautifully written story about a young country girl who marries a rich merchant. When she arrives in Amsterdam she discovers that all is not what it seems and she feels unhappy and confused by a husband who is always absent, a sharp-tongued sister-in-law, cheeky servants and a mysterious woman who sends her miniatures for her dolls house. Inside the back cover it mentions that the author was a drama student and there is certainly plenty of drama in this exciting story which I believe is based on real people and events in 17th century Amsterdam.


Well worth reading.
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    Joan Fallon is a writer and novelist living in Spain.

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