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Highs and lows of an author’s life

by Clare Stevens on January 25, 2020 with 3 Comments

As it’s a new year – a new decade, in fact – it seems a good time to look back at the year just gone and reflect. 2019 was a momentous year for me, the one in which my first … Read More

Misc author, book launch, book marketing, book reviews, book sales, bookshops, debut novel, literary festival, publication, selling books, writer's life

The beauty of the rave review

by Clare Stevens on August 7, 2019 with 2 Comments

Every time someone tells me they like Blue Tide Rising, I do a little dance of joy. If it’s people I already know, I always add a caveat – they might just be being nice. But when it’s a stranger … Read More

Misc book blogs, book reviews, books editors, creative writing, debut novel, feedback, fiction, lifeblood to authors, reviews

The writer’s life

by Clare Stevens on March 24, 2019 with 5 Comments

All the fun of the book fair With the launch of Blue Tide Rising just a week away, I have a room stacked with of boxes of books, a fridge full of Prosecco and a brain bursting with things I … Read More

Misc Blue Tide Rising, book fairs, book festival, book launch, debut novel, indie authors, preparing for book launch, selling books, tips for authors, writing

How to launch a novel

by Clare Stevens on March 3, 2019 with No Comments

“Treat it like a party!” Four weeks today I launch my first novel, Blue Tide Rising. I’m using a tried and tested formula, stumbled upon by accident in 2014 when a group of fellow writers and I decided to publish … Read More

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Author’s angst and the pain of letting go

by Clare Stevens on November 18, 2018 with 2 Comments

Writing a novel is a bit like having a child. You watch it develop from an embryonic thing into something beautiful (hopefully). You nurture it, you correct it, you watch with wonder as day by day it surprises you. You … Read More

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