Happy New Year Sri Lankan friends and everyone else who celebrates!

This is interesting. I rarely buy fiction in hardback (too heavy). These days, I struggle to read print books anyway, so I do most of nyy reading in ebook format. open.substack.com/pub/tomrowle...

Today I have eaten ridiculous amounts of homemade cake with real buttercream icing. It has been a good day.

My blog post about this very widespread scam, which arrives out of the blue in the form of a highly flattering (AI-generated) email writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w...

Looking forward to reading this.

Alisha Rai is my guest this week to talk about her new book, Enemies to Lovers! One of my listeners just told me this episode was a balm to her soul, and she was only 15 minutes in. 💝 In this clip: parentification! Alisha wrote a book about it. Find the full episode: https://bit.ly/713AlishaRai

Please tell me someone is tracking teacake sales this week and will spot an uptick.

So, I wrote a steamy book... Well okay, it's still closed door and has no spice, but there IS steam ... and smut (from the coal) ... The Valentine's Express on the Brambleberry Railway is out soon. #newbooks www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GHQQMFKB/

Vidya is at Waterloo Bay for work, but she's also on a secret mission... HOW CAN I RESIST YOU by Jeevani Charika. Available now in ebook, paperback or audiobook from all your usual shops and libraries. https://books2read.com/ResistU

Once again, I am reminded why it's a bad idea to inexpertly darn socks, while wearing said socks. Oh well, at least they're done now.

"Amberes liked the idea of freedom almost as much as it liked the idea of money. Mainly the freedom to do what it wanted with that money." Snippet from #WIP The God of Bronze, Book 3 of The Feral Gods, out in November. #WednesdayWIP #AmEditing #FeralGods

Scam alert: if you get the invite below to the Bournemouth Writing Festival, it's a scam (confirmed for me by the festival director). See the highlighed phrase. I've gotten similar reports of fake invites to the Edinburgh Book Festival, and I'm sure there are others.

The Fairy tales exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social is immense fun. Lots for adults, lots for small children (less for medium children, but they might consider themselves too old for fairy tales anyway, even tho they're not). Came away with a book - @profcarolyne.bsky.social's on fairies

Want a Hallmark Christmas movie in book form? Try CHRISTMAS WITH THE SECRET TYCOON by RHODA BAXTER https://books2read.com/SecretTycoon - Sweet romance - ALL the Christmas vibes - Tiny Christmassy model trains

Here's my review of The Name Game by Beth O'Leary

This week's Tuesday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which is out in ebook, paper, and audiobook (as is its sequel, Enchanting the Fae Queen!): stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen #romancelandia

Canva for Authors: How to make an animated trope graphic Remember when trope graphics were all the rage? You had your book cover and then some curly arrows pointing to the tropes and themes that are in the book. I think these are still a really good thing to have - people skim read and you can…

Tristan is undercover as a guest at one of his own hotels. In Maddie, he finally finds someone who cares about him, not his wealth. But Maddie doesn’t trust easily - what will happen when she finds out his true identity? CHRISTMAS WITH THE SECRET TYCOON

This is Milka. She'll get around to chasing her tail eventually. But for now she is just getting to know it. 12/10 (TT: milka_collie5)

"Ignore him. He's just the work husband." "'Just'?" said Leo. "I'm wounded. How Can I Resist you is out now in ebook, paperback and audiobook. - Office romance - Introvert hero - Very annoying seagulls - A Dance Dance Revolution hustle

Cover reveal! The Valentine’s Express at the Brambleberry Steam Railway (Rhoda Baxter) I often write books to make myself a place to escape to. During lockdown, I dreamed of cosy, low angst places and I dreamed of community. I'd had an idea of a cosy romantic story set against the background of a…

I went on Netgalley to leave a review. Then ended up requesting two more books. Just when I’d got the Netgalley TBR (which is much, MUCH smaller than my actual TBR) down to a reasonable size. I’m a menace unto myself.

A different perspective. Always helpful.

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

Still shocking 😳🤯🤣

WIN a £400 Gift Card! Buy a book before midnight on 6 April to enter. Every sale supports indie bookshops. Good luck! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

Happy Easter! Today I’m doing an Easter #BookTag challenge Happy Easter everyone. I hope you are having a lovely day. I do like a booktag challenge and I did this one a few years back. It was originally created by book vlogger Rosie the Reader. Each of the prompts are words you might associate…

Finished watching The Other Bennet Sister. I enjoyed it very much.

- New adult romance - Overworked, grumpy hero (big brother's ex-friend) - Fresh-out-of-uni heroine - A rambling old house in Oxford - Sri Lankan party food! Nominated for RNA Romantic Comedy award 2017 Buy Girl Having A Ball https://books2read.com/GHAB

For those, like me, who were baffled as to what exactly this view was of, continent-wise 😆 A whole other world view, literally.

Pure happiness ❤️

Tilly and Lara don't have time for commitments. A holiday fling is great, but what happens when the holiday is over? - A Yorkshire pub at Christmas - low heat, low angst f/f romance - bickering siblings - Food. Lots of food. #lgbtq+ #Closeddoorromance https://books2read.com/CforC

5 years ago, Alex met the perfect guy - but he ghosted her. Now he's back and he has the power to shut down her job. Knowing Me Knowing You is out Jan 2024. KJ Charles liked it. You might too! https://books2read.com/KMKY

I don't use AI to write my books. Why would I? I can write them myself. The writing (and complaining) and editing is part of the process. I've been writing books for publication since 2011. I'm getting better at it with time. I don't need an apprentice. Especially one created using stolen work.

-small town romance -second chance (love after loss) -enemies (ish) to lovers -looking after a teenager when there's no phone signal! -family loyalty is complicated Belonging - a ##romance ##novella ##britishromance www.books2read.com/u/bzPAZq

The RTÉ Short Story Competition is now open for entries! ✨Competition deadline 15th May 2026 RTÉ Short Story Competition 2026 www.writing.ie/writing-comp...

I am so beyond excited to tell you I have been shortlisted for the Romantasy Novel of the Year Award! Doing this in the style of KPDH’s Oscar announcement in the hopes their award-winning will rub off on me 😁 Cos omg have you seen the competition?? #Ronas2026

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

Exciting news!

Huge excitement! How Can I Resist You? and Christmas With The Secret Tycoon have both been shortlisted for RNA awards!! #RONA2026

Congratulations to my extremely clever friends @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social and @jeevanicharika.bsky.social for making it on to the Romantic Novel of the Year 2026 shortlists. romanticnovelistsassociation.org/news/ronas20...

Level up your book Titles: How to upload your own fonts to Canva Typography matters. You can make a cover look much more professional, simply by using more genre appropriate fonts. I make a lot of romance and fantasy covers and we love a swirly font. But the cardinal rule for book cover text is…

Elodie was hoping to expand her cake business to open a cafe, but Mal got 'her' cafe space instead. Now she has to work with him to cater a wedding that could change her business for ever. THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio. https://books2read.com/manbuns

I'm learning how to format books. It's a wild mix of excitement and frustration. But this is so CUTE! (I wrote this book because I wanted to read a cosy and comforting romance set in a heritage railway. I loved the community so much that I ended up writing three books).

How to make a clickable map for your fantasy novel using Canva. Step by step YouTube tutorial on Canva for Authors https://youtu.be/0tZQub-goCk

This is indeed a new one and it’s awful.

Jack left Sue when she was 18 and no one has come close to her heart since. Now she's too busy running her bakery to think about love. But when Jack returns, old feelings are hard to ignore. Try a FREE second chance romance. https://books2read.com/u/3RByxL

Read Trans books or have some gentle body doubling with me tomorrow for some or all of TWELVE HOURS to raise funds for MermaidsUK during this trans rights readathon! @trreadathon.bsky.social Prizes every hour! 💙📚

New #WriterBeware blog post: I'm getting a lot of reports of a new impersonation scam using the names of prominent editors to make referrals to fake literary agents and "book doctors"--though it comes from a familiar source and uses tried-and-true scam techniques writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w...

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