There’s a lot of talk right now about the new self-publishing start up Spines, who plan to bring to publication 8,000 titles in 2025 by using AI to deal with the entire publishing process, from editing and proofreading through to publication and beyond. Someone with a manuscript will pay up to $5,000 for the privilege,Continue reading “The AI of book publishing”
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Six Reasons Why I Love Gothic Fiction
Firstly, what makes fiction gothic? In a nutshell, gothic fiction contains a mix of romance and fear, a gloomy or bleak atmosphere, death and decay and madness and the supernatural, the story held together by mystery and suspense – all of these elements aiming to heighten emotions in readers. Gothic isn’t horror and often fallsContinue reading “Six Reasons Why I Love Gothic Fiction”
Six must read books set in the Canary Islands
Transport yourself to the Lanzarote and Fuerteventura with these six delightful novels Multi-award winning and translated into multiple languages, these Canary Islands novels continue to warm hearts around the world. Written over a period of ten years, these novels capture the mood of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, each in its own way. The stories are toldContinue reading “Six must read books set in the Canary Islands”
A Prison in the Sun Finalist-Winner in the 2021 International Book Awards
Book 3 of my Canary Islands Mysteries Series Wins Finalist Award in the 2021 International Book Awards I’m thrilled to announce this latest award for A Prison in the Sun! The novel has already won the Finalist Award in the 2020 Readers’ Favorite Awards. I guess that means it’s a multi-award winner! I wrote AContinue reading “A Prison in the Sun Finalist-Winner in the 2021 International Book Awards”
Should authors Americanize their fiction?
I am a British-Australian author with nine novels under my belt to date. All of my fiction has been set in either the Canary Islands, Britain, Australia, or with multiple settings around the world, save for one book: Twerk. Twerk is set in a Las Vegas strip club. The characters are American. Therefore, it standsContinue reading “Should authors Americanize their fiction?”
On Gilgamesh by Joan London
I’m about halfway through Joan London’s Gilgamesh and toying with writing something on Goodreads. Just now I scrolled through the reviews to read what others were saying but stopped when I realised there were over 1,800 of them. I really only have one word to add – bleak. And I realise much of the bleakness comesContinue reading “On Gilgamesh by Joan London”
Asylum Reviews
Today I found two reviews of Asylum on NetGalley which I just had to share! The first is by Tanya Brough – “Have you ever felt like just dropping everything and running far, far away? To perhaps an island? That is what Yvette Grimm did. She ran from her life in Malta and herContinue reading “Asylum Reviews”
Isobel Blackthorn 