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De Troep onder aan de Trap is the wonderful title for my ‘roman over het huwelijk, werk en moederschap’ (I’m guessing that says ‘a novel about housework, work and motherhood’, but Dutch speakers can correct me*). As you can see by this picture, it’s got a great cover with judicious use of pink and lovely blocky feel. My Dutch is Read the rest…
Delivered, though not done and dusted by any means. I am very relieved that my wonderful publishers like it and have so many great suggestions on how to improve it. Now I am just lacking a title – maybe I should put that question out to tender in the same way that Blue Peter name their pets. I remember being Read the rest…
USA Today has over 3 million readers and lots of other very big impressive statistics. It also reviewed my book in a chick-lit round-up. I’m always a bit ambivalent about that term, but if it’s a great review in a stonking paper, then who am I to complain? They say ‘Funny and full of familiar anecdotes about family life, including Read the rest…
I was very thrilled (as were my Amazon sales) by this mention of in last week’s Times of my book. She seems to have really got the book and what I was aiming at. I was particularly pleased as it turns out that she was bought it by her husband, who also read it and I love to hear of Read the rest…
The Romantic Times blog, a very successful site in the US, has an author spotlight on me, review and excerpt in its latest edition. In it, I’m pondering the meaning of romance especially in relationships that are past the first flush of love. Here’s a link to it. You can also read a great review of the Pile there too.
Grand Central are publishing The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs on the 25 April, Easter Monday. I too will be in New York to celebrate. It has a different but very lovely cover (see left) and will be in all good bookshops, including a front-of-store promotion at Barnes & Noble. This will be the first time Read the rest…
