Wednesday 17 July 2013

ANOTHER FOUR AUTHORS I HAVE MET ON TWITTER

I have met some lovely people on Twitter and Facebook and today I want to tell you about four of them. These ladies are all authors and after chatting with them through Twitter I then went on to read their books.

The first is TALLI ROLAND she is Canadian but now lives in London with her husband and new baby boy. For anyone who doesn't know Talli on Twitter she is the one who tells us when it's ' wine time '.

WATCHING WILLOW WATTS

The first book of hers that I read was the very funny WATCHING WILLOW WATTS; it's the story of how Willow gets catapulted to fame on the internet after impersonating Marilyn Monroe. I loved this book and it's still my favourite of Talli's.

Since reading Willows adventures I have read three more of Talli's books and really enjoyed them, THE HATING GAME,    CONSTRUCT COUPLE and    BUILD A MAN.  On my list to read are POLLYANNA PLAN and   MIRACLE AT MUSEUM OF BROKEN HEARTS.

Talli keeps us up to date with all her news on her website, anything from shopping in Kensington High Street to pushing her little boy around the park. Not forgetting all her news and regular updates on her writing.

The next lady is the lovely SUE FORTIN I first met Sue through The Romaniacs website which is run by Sue and a group of romance writers, they are a lovely bunch of ladies and very funny. I was interviewed by them for their Tuesday Chit-Chats, we ate a lot of cake during the interview.

Sue has been a big supporter of my book PUTTING RIGHT THE PAST and not a week goes by that she doesn't give it a plug for me on Twitter. But not just me she is a huge help for dozens of writers out there. The one book she doesn't push enough in my opinion is her own, it's called UNITED STATE OF LOVE and quite recently it has a brand new cover which is fab. Here is a little desrcription of the book.
                                                          UNITED STATE OF LOVE

Since splitting up from her husband Anna is enjoying her new found freedom and independence. Now she can concentrate on looking after her teenage son and building up her career. However she didn't bank on working with Tex Garcia.

This is a really good summer read and I would highly recommend it, you will all want to go and find your own Tex, or will you?


LIZZIE LAMB is the next author I want to tell you about, it's Lizzie you can blame for getting me to go on Facebook, after she had nagged me on Twitter for months. She was right obviously I'm glad I did , by the way if you don't follow her I suggest that you do as there doesn't seem to be a day go by where she is not posting photos of books, authors, meals out with friends and not forgetting her famous parrot. Lizzie's book is called TALL DARK AND KILTED.

TALL DARK AND KILTED

Notting Hill meets Monarch of the Glen, Fliss longs to get away from London and when she loses her job she gets the opportunity to move to Scotland and run a therapy centre. She is hoping the highlands are full of hunky men in kilts. Then she comes up against Ruairi Urquhart and he has other plans for Fliss and her therapy centre.

This is another lovely read and if rumours are to be believed I think there could be another book from Lizzie on the way.


The last of my Twitter authors for today is the lovely CAROL HEDGES. If you do not follow Carol on Twitter or Facebook I will warn you she is a stickler for punctuation and grammar, I have learnt to my cost ( I am only joking ). Carol does a weekly blog every Saturday without fail, some weeks it might be about a book, author or her 'adventures' out and about with her husband, these are very funny and I can't wait for them to all turn up in one of her books. Also Carol tells us about the action group she is involved with thats trying to save an urban green space from development.

Back to Carol's books she has written eleven and they are written for young adults. I hear you say what is this fifty year old man doing reading them; well I have only read one so far JIGSAW PIECES. I enjoyed the book so much I completely forgot what market it was aimed at.

JIGSAW PIECES

Annie has been searching for her identity since moving from her native Norway. With a spikey personality winning her no friends and family members torn from her life, she is left seeking comfort from a growing intrigue into stories of fallen war heroes. A boy from her school commits suicide and Annie is confused by this and starts looking into his death.What she uncovers will bring her to a dark and dangerous place.

A few of the other books Carol has written are her famous SPY GIRL BOOKS -   DEAD MAN TALKING,    THE DARK SIDE OF MIDNIGHT,    OUT OF THE SHADOWS and   ONCE UPON A CRIME.

Well that's just four of the authors I have discovered on twitter and I hope to tell you about some others in the next few weeks. I hope you will take a look at their work I'm sure you will enjoy their books. All of these books are available on Amazon so why not take a look,  you can also follow them on their blogs and through Facebook and Twitter.





12 comments:

  1. Many many thanks, Ian. I am honoured to feature on your blog - and in such elite company too!! There are lots of writers in the social media world who are only intent upon promoting themselves - you are not one of those. I appreciate your support, and the way you always encourage others. x

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    1. Thank you for your comment, I thought it might be good to bunch a few writers altogether in one blog. Books that I have enjoyed over the last few months.x

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  2. Thank you so much, Ian, you are a very generous man - I feel very honoured to be on your blog.

    And, while I'm here, thank you for your continued support of me too, always, always, appreciated.

    :-)
    xx

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    1. No thank you for all your support since PUTTING RIGHT THE PAST came out. x

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  3. Thanks for this shout out, Ian. Its lovely to share the page with you guys. Sue - I think your new front cover is very appealing. I hope it will give sales a boost. Carol, always so funny and hard working; Talli, an inspiration to us all and Ian - hope that Putting Right the Past is getting steady sales. I'm hopeful that when I have my next book up there it'll give TDK a second wind. Its a bust time of year so the New Romantics 4 are posting one last blog this weekend and then closing down for the summer to finish our WIPs.I see its wine o'clock so - goodbye . . .

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    1. Yes I agree with you on Sue's new book cover it fab. I hope you and New Romantics 4 have a great summer and keep posting your photos on facebook. x

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  4. Lovely blog. Lovely featured writers :-)

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    1. Thank you very much Liz, all the authors have written books that I have enjoyed reading over the last few months. x

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  5. Super blog, Ian - and four really great reads!

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    1. Yes I agree plus they are nice friendly ladies that I chat to on twitter, good to be able to put a face to an author. x

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  6. Thank you so much, Ian, for you very kind words. I love Twitter for meeting other writers and readers.

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    1. Yes I agree we do have a laugh and a joke, my favorite time is first thing in the morning, news, weather, family things. Thank you for taking the time to comment Talli. xx

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