My first book signing

Seeing a display of my novel in my local Waterstones was an amazing moment! The manager, Jodie, had organised my signing and I was delighted with her enthusiasm and support on the day, as well as bookseller, Sam, who kept an eye on things.

Waterstones Manager, Jodie

I was due to begin the signing at 12 midday so went for breakfast at the wonderful Country Table first. I don't think even my driving test was as nerve wracking - and I sat in there feeling anxious and convinced not one person would want a book. I'm very grateful to my family as they said they would pop in so at least I had someone there!

But, I needn't have been so stressed out. At twelve, I sat at my table and had no time to wait before my first reader came up to me. 

As I finished signing the book, I looked up to see a queue of people out the door. The relief was huge! After that, I settled into this new experience and enjoyed meeting everyone. It was such a joy to chat to people who either were interested in Saving Sophie or the writing journey. As I'm local to the area there was also much discussion about the setting of the novel - various places I mention that people knew well.

My friend Emma who travelled from Cheltenham 

 Here are some pictures from the day.
Again, a huge thank you to those who came and supported me, and Waterstones for hosting the signing. 

Book blogger Claire Hill

All gone! 

Happy New Year - catch up time!

I'm very late with my New Year wishes! I seem to be taking ages to catch up with myself following the Christmas festivities! I hope everyone had a fabulous time and wish all my readers a happy and healthy 2017.

What a year 2016 was! In every way possible, it was a bit mad. Personally, it was one of the best years ever - my debut novel, SAVING SOPHIE was published in ebook on 12th August, and paperback and audio on 15th December. 

Seeing the paperback on the shelf was a proud moment, and one I won't forget.

I had a small celebratory evening with some of my friends and family on paperback release day, which was fantastic. I'm very lucky to have had amazing support from everyone. 

Oh, and my lovely son bought me this to help celebrate the paperback release - bless him :) 

Saving Sophie also sold to Poland in 2016 and is released there today! It's titled NEXT GIRL, and I love the cover!

It has been a whirlwind and I'm still not sure it's all sunk in. I feel extremely blessed to have had such a good year - and there's so much more to come in 2017 - another novel for starters!

A big thank you to all those who've supported me and to those who have already bought my book! 

To kick off the New Year, SAVING SOPHIE ebook is at the special price of just 99p!

Click HERE to get for 99p

Final day of the SAVING SOPHIE paperback blog tour!

The tour is coming to an end today - it's gone so fast!

The wonderful Katherine, Bibliomaniac, is up first, you can check out her post HERE - her review is A-MAZING :) A huge thanks for taking part.

And then to close - we have the uber-talented and lovely Kaisha Holloway who put this whole tour together. I think you'll all agree she's done a stellar job - thanks so much, Kaisha!

Kaisha's blog, The Writing Garnet, has a guest post where I list some of my advice to aspiring writers, AND an extract from SAVING SOPHIE - pop along to see it HERE

I hope you've enjoyed the tour - I owe a massive thank you to all the bloggers who have taken part over the seven days - they've all worked so hard and been amazing. Such a lot of time and effort goes into reading, reviewing and blogging and I am so very grateful for all of your support.

You can get Saving Sophie as ebook, paperback and audiobook HERE

I love hearing from readers, so please drop me a line!

Tomorrow I'll be posting some of my favourite pictures of the launch of Saving Sophie :)

Wow - it's Day 6 of the Saving Sophie blog tour!

I'm thrilled to have another two fabulous bloggers on the tour stop today!

Firstly, Victoria Goldman has a review over on her blog HERE

And then Rae Broughton has a post from me about my top five book-to-film adaptations! Please take a look HERE.

A huge thank you to both for taking part!

I can't believe tomorrow is the final day of the tour! Please do drop by to check it out :)

Day 5 of Saving Sophie's paperback blog tour!

The SAVING SOPHIE tour is in full-swing!

I've been overwhelmed by the support the tour has received so far - thank you so much to everyone who has contributed, and for all the lovely people who have shared the posts - I'm hugely grateful!

Today's stops are:

Mairead's blog Swirl and Thread - she has a great review of Saving Sophie which can be found HERE! Thanks for taking part, Mairead :)

And, Emma's blog - Emma The Little Book Worm has a guest post from me about my top 5 non-crime reads and she had a fab review too! You can find them HERE Thank you, Emma!

You can purchase the ebook, paperback or audiobook HERE

Don't forget there's the chance to win a signed copy of Saving Sophie - pop along to my author facebook page to see how to enter!

Day 4 of the SAVING SOPHIE blog tour and a signed paperback!

Day 4 is brought to you by Susan Hampson at Books From Dusk Till Dawn My grateful thanks go to her for hosting and for her fabulous review of SAVING SOPHIE! Please go check it out!

And a little later than I planned, but...

I'm giving away a SIGNED PAPERBACK and a goody bag to one UK winner.

Here's what's on offer:

I'm going to put this giveaway on my author Facebook page, which is HERE with details of how you can enter - so please pop along for a chance to WIN this fab bundle!

Good luck!

Paperback PUBLICATION DAY and Day 3 of the Blog Tour!

Wow - what an amazing feeling it is to see SAVING SOPHIE in its physical form on the actual shelves!

A massive thank you to my agent, Anne Williams and Kate Hordern at KHLA, and all the fabulous people at Avon, HarperCollins for making this possible - and all my family, friends and supporters for being along on this journey with me.

Please feel free to tag me in any shelfies if you spot Saving Sophie out in the wild!

As a thank you, tomorrow I will be doing a giveaway, so watch this space... 

But for today - we're on Day 3 of the Blog Tour!
Huge thanks to today's fabulous bloggers for hosting.

I'm talking to Linda about the allure of psychology in my life and the part it plays in my writing on her blog HERE
And she has also written a review!

And over on Emma's blog - HERE - there's an extract from SAVING SOPHIE and Emma's review!

Thanks for being amazing hosts :)

If you'd like to get a copy you can order the ebook, paperback or audiobook from Amazon - HERE

Or you might see it out and about in the wild!