Tuesday 23 July 2013

THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR

Today I would like to tell you all about an author friend of mine; she is the one you should thank if you liked my book PUTTING RIGHT THE PAST, but if you didn't like the book she's the one to blame.

AMANDA EGAN

The lady in question is AMANDA EGAN currently author of six books, DIARY OF A MUMMY MISFIT     THE DARKER SIDE OF A MUMMY MISFIT     COMPLETING THE PUZZLE     STILETTOS AND STUBBLE     CHRISTMAS DELIVERANCE  and her brand new one LOTTIE'S LUCK

Amanda was the one person who encouraged me not to give up with my writing; she was the one who received an email from me two minutes after my edited book came back from the publishers. The postman had just delivered the manuscript, it was in my hand I was so excited and couldn't wait to open up the envelope. Talk about being hit in the face and knocked to the ground well that's what happened when I opened the envelope, virtually every line on every single page had red ink corrections.

I was devastated my lovely book which I had spent hours, weeks, months writing was nothing but a paper battle field. I sent my email to Amanda feeling truly deflated, in fact defeated is probably the word. 'That's it Amanda I've given up, no more writing for me I'm back to just reading books, it was just a dream to far, I have well and truly failed'

A lovely email came back telling me to calm down and take my time and get it sorted, too late for that I had thrown it into a cupboard never to see the light of day again. The cupboard is where it stayed for several months, well and truly forgotten but with a lot of encouragement from Amanda it finally came out and eventually did get sorted. I now realise that it was one of the best things that could have happened to my manuscript, the lessons it taught me are invaluable and im so grateful for that.

Back to the lovely Amanda and her books, I have read all six and thoroughly enjoyed all of them.


The MUMMY MISFIT  books were her first and the ones that she is best know for.


The story tells of Libby and Ned Merchant and their struggles putting son Max through private education, not just with the money it costs but also having to deal with the mummy's or should I say 'meemies'. Thankfully the friendship she strikes up with Fenella and Josh is a big help, not forgetting Libby's lovely neighbour Mrs S, I just love her in both of the books, I can't hear a Barry Manalow song now without thinking of her.

The books are so funny and I'm sure we have all come across several of these characters in our everyday lives. Amanda has not said that there will be a misfit 3 but I think at some point in the future there just has to be , all good things come in threes and I can't wait to see what happens to all the characters and where life takes them all.


COMPLETING THE PUZZLE - Is a tale of families, love and mid-life crisis. Middle aged and middle-of-the-road, Fee Crawford has been drifting through life in a passionless marriage and hurtling towards the menopause. With her twin boys grown up and needing her less, why does she still feel incomplete?


STILETTOS AND STUBBLE - Where all you need is to be yourself . All her life Persephone's been branded a 'Big Girl' criticised by her outwardly perfect mother, dearly loved by her father, she's the queen of low self-esteem. Finding herself suddenly immersed in a world of glitz and glamour, where nothing is quite as it seems, will she finally realise it's what's inside that counts? 



CHRISTMAS DELIVERANCE - Because Christmas doesn't always deliver what you want ... but sometimes it might be just what you need.



LOTTIE'S LUCK - What happens when fate pushes you in a new direction?  Lottie Truman's life was simply tickety-boo until a neighbour's prediction seemed to coincide with her luck running out.

Why not check out Amanda's books on Amazon and Lulu Publishing, also you can follow her on her Mummy Misfit blog and not forgetting on twitter @mummy_misfit



10 comments:

  1. Ah, Ian! I am delighted, flattered and touched. I am so happy that you think I was the one to encourage you and so honoured to be your friend. We will sup wine and boogie to a Manilow song one day.
    Thank you so much for this - I raise my white wine to your red ;) xxx

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    1. I'm not sure about the boogie but we will have a glass or two. xx

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    1. Thank you very much Donna, trying to plod along with the blogs and hopefully the next one I will have some exciting news, keeping every thig crossed. xx

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  3. AND she's co-Poping when the world comes to its senses and elects us!!!!

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    1. Thank you very much for taking the time to comment Carol, you two running the world sounds fun (I think)XX

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  4. *popey high five* Carol - without an E ;) x

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  5. How kind of you Ian. Amanda is an inspiration to us all, especially those of us who are still struggling to finish a novel. : )

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    1. Yes Amanda I agree and the number of part novels I have is quite scarry. Thousands of words just sat there. Thank you for commenting. xx

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