Category: Writing
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Event: Winstone’s Sidmouth
On Saturday 30th May, I’ll be doing a joint event at Winstone’s Bookshop, Sidmouth, with my sister, fantasy author Lucy Hounsom! That’s her there. She’s actually my older sister, and wasn’t very pleased when I was born. Later, she had a history of making me wear reindeer antlers and riding me around the house while…
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The Confectioner’s Tale Launch Party
The Confectioner’s Tale is officially out in the world, which can only mean that it’s time for a CELEBRATORY BOOK LAUNCH. I’m absolutely thrilled that Hart’s Bakery have agreed to play host to the evening’s shenanigans. If you don’t know Hart’s, it’s a gorgeous little working bakery under the railway arches next to Temple Meads…
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Publication Day!
IT’S PUBLICATION DAY! Yes, it’s finally here: the official publication day of The Confectioner’s Tale! It’s been a long journey, filled with many, many drafts, plot changes, character chopping and chapter juggling, but TCT (as it’s affectionately known) is now a real book, and out in the world for anyone to pick up – and hopefully…
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Blog Tour Days Two & Three
Yesterday’s stop on the blog tour came in the form of a review from the lovely Virginie over at Chouett. You can read her review of The Confectioner’s Tale here. And today’s equally great stop is a feature courtesy of Anne from Random Things through my Letterbox. Thanks for hosting both!
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Blog Tour Day One
Day one of The Confectioner’s Tale blog tour is off to a flying start with this wonderful vlog by somethinglikelydia. Warning: features cake.
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The Confectioner’s Tale Blog Tour
I can’t believe how quickly the last month has flown by; publication day (23rd April) has snuck up behind me and now it’s looming around the corner! I’m so excited to see The Confectioner’s Tale out in the shops at last, although it’s still a highly surreal feeling. Anyway, to celebrate the book’s release, those…
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Official Cover Reveal and Release Date
So I’ve had quite a few pieces of exciting news in the last week or two. The first one is that The Confectioner’s Tale is being published a little sooner than planned: release date is now scheduled for 23rd April 2015! It was originally intended to be May 21st, but publication dates shift with remarkable flexibility; far more than…
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The Proofs are In!
One of the things I’ve learned since becoming an author is that the strangeness of seeing your words in print for the first time never goes away. Something that you’ve worked on – for years, potentially – that has sat quietly as a word document on your computer, seen by a select few, is abruptly out there. Free to…
Laura Madeleine 