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Another month, another shortlist

2/7/2022

 
I was excited and honoured yesterday to see the announcement that Small Forgotten Moments has been shortlisted for this year's Gorsedh Kernow Holyer an Gof Publishers Awards. This is an award which seeks to promote and celebrate books about Corrnall or written in Cornish.

Small Forgotten Moments is set on the slightly overlooked (in literary terms, at least) south east coast, in a place called Seaton.
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Introducing Small Forgotten Moments to the beach which inspired it

Although I already had some idea of the story I wanted to tell, walking my muse (otherwise known as Artoo) along this beach during the out of season months solidified my ideas. The area lends itself perfectly to the confines of Jo's amnesia and her emerging desire to learn what's lurking in her past. The cliffs in this photo and the gardens above them play a pivotal role.

​The award ceremony takes place on 16th July. Good luck to all the shortlisted novels and their authors.

Small Forgotten Moments in Hardback!

15/5/2022

 


I'm so excited that SMALL FORGOTTEN MOMENTS will be available from 7 June as a hardback.

Jessica Bell at Vine Leaves Press has designed this stunning new cover for it, which is also the new cover for the Kindle version. Every time I look at it I see something new.

The pre-order link for Amazon UK is available now, and others will be added in due course. (I just couldn't wait any longer to share the news!)

To pre-order, just click here!

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What people are saying about Small Forgotten Moments:

"
Small Forgotten Moments was part psychological thriller and part ghost story that often reminded me of Daphne du Maurrier’s Rebecca. An easy five stars." - Robert, Amazon review

"A compelling novel, which I read twice because I enjoyed it so much. Full of mystery but ultimately as heartwarming as it is chilling. What a great concept for a story!" - LindaK, Amazon review

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Beautifully written and seamlessly crafted, this story holds your attention from beginning to end." - Elizabeth Seckman, author

Book award finalist!

21/2/2022

 
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I opened my email this morning to the exciting news that Grace & Serenity is a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2021.

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Winners will be announced at the start of April.

Learn more about Grace & Serenity here.
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The book which made me an author is 10!

13/2/2022

 
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My first book, my novella Cat & The Dreamer, was published 10 years ago, and it was definitely at that point I considered myself an author rather than a writer. I'd had several short stories published and prize-won, but I was a writer - I thought I always would be. And then this novella was suddenly available for people to buy and review.

I wish I knew then what I know now about publishing and marketing. I wish the options and opportunities had existed then, or at least that I'd know about them. I wish a lot of things for this book, but ultimately, I'm as much in love with this story as I ever was.


This is not the blurb, but I wish it was:

​Who is Cat? Well, that depends. Cat is the bitchy colleague in the office, but sometimes she's the girl who committed suicide at school. And sometimes she's neither of them. Sometimes Cat just lurks in Julia’s imagination, torturing her, telling her she should have died too. And she’s right, of course, because Cat is always right.

Cat & The Dreamer is 10 years old, but the story itself is timeless - the tale of bullying and compliance, of an introvert hiding away from the world, of accepting you're never going to be the one with a happy ending.

"This is the kind of book you could read over and over, and always spot something new to think about. A definite must read!"

Download a copy of Cat & The Dreamer here
Read the reviews on Goodreads

New review for Small Forgotten Moments

6/2/2022

 
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Just thought I'd share the latest review for Small Forgotten Moments with you.

Ann S. Epstein has called it "Relentless, Intense, Vivid... as fearless as a gothic horror tale" in her review on her blog.

Ann writes wonderful historical fiction and is a huge supporter of small presses and their authors. Check out the rest of her site once you've read her review of Small Forgotten Moments!

Small Forgotten Moments, still only 0.99

4/1/2022

 
Both Nook and Kobo have Small Forgotten Moments for only 0.99 at the moment.

I don't know how long it will last, but if you got a new e-reader for Christmas and you're keen to load it up with new books, give it a go!

Or if you've read it and loved it, tell a friend 😎


Is Zenna a muse, a sleep-deprived apparition, or something much more sinister?
Haunting and melodic, fans of Daphne du Maurier and Daisy Johnson will adore this.

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Annalisa Crawford, Author

Dark contemporary fiction with a hint of paranormal
​"Besides Annalisa's clever writing style, I enjoy the unpredictable plots and the characters that are so very normal, yet tragically broken in some way or another."