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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

“SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART” HERE IN NASSAU, JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S!

 


A supply of my paperback book “Sunbeams from The Heart: A Collection of Twelve Romantic Short Stories” has arrived in Nassau and is now available from Logos Bookstore, Harbour Bay Shopping Plaza! 




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Sunday, February 4, 2024

SCARCITY OF AFFORDABLE & DECENT RENTALS A CRISIS

 

Farewell good friends!

Sorry I haven’t posted for quite a while. We are having to move – from one rental apartment to another that is. We were only given 40 days’ notice (be sure to always check your lease thoroughly – the lawyers for the landlord found a loophole to avoid the 90 days’ notice mentioned in the lease!).

In Nassau, Bahamas, like many places around the world, rental prices have gone sky high and there is a scarcity of affordable and decent rental apartments. Airbnb plays a big part in this, shoving the long-term rental prices up and tying up the market for the average Bahamian.

We have to get rid of a lot of personal stuff before we move, including some of my books. I’ve donated two boxes of books to the Bahamas Humane Society Thrift Shop, so at least I know that they will still be appreciated.

I will be back on this blog again as soon as we are settled – or maybe before that if I find any time! In the meantime, if anyone reading this knows of affordable furnished apartments in the west (Nassau, Bahamas), please message me. Thanks!

 


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Sunday, December 31, 2023

SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART AT THE TOP!

A big thank you to everyone who downloaded Sunbeams from The Heart during my free promotion. I had 114 downloads by the time the promotion ended and at the peak of the promotion Sunbeams was in the top 100 on Amazon - #22 in Single Authors Short Stories and #27 in Romance Collections & Anthologies (Kindle Store)!



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Friday, December 29, 2023

TURKEY ASSIGNMENT!

Hearing about turkeys and hams being given out to needy families over the Holiday Season reminded me of when I was a trainee reporter for a news agency in Exeter, Devon.

One of my most enjoyable assignments around Christmastime was to seek out families in need for my employers to give free turkeys to, write a human-interest story about the presentations and the circumstances of the recipients, and then phone the story in to the national newspapers in London (no internet in those days!).

 

 

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Saturday, December 23, 2023

STILL TIME!

59 downloads so far for Sunbeams from The Heart during my free promotion! My collection of short stories is now #37 on Amazon in Romance Collections & Anthologies (Kindle Store) and #49 in Single Authors Short Stories! You still have until midnight Pacific Time on Tuesday, December 26th, to download your FREE copy of these heart-warming stories! 


Friday, December 22, 2023

A LITTLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT!

 

Here’s a LITTLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT for you if you haven’t already read the stories in SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART: A COLLECTION OF TWELVE ROMANTIC SHORT STORIES! It is now FREE to download from Amazon through Tuesday, December 26th! – “HEART-WARMING STORIES that propel you on a journey through Scotland, England, The Bahamas and rural America.”

SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART made Amazon's top 100 paid best sellers' list in the Literature & Fiction/Short stories category, next to Stephen King’s “Hearts in Atlantis” in Amazon's Best Sellers in Literary Short Stories! And it made the top 100 paid bestsellers' list in the Literature & Fiction/Short Stories category alongside Agatha Christie's "Miss Marple - The Complete Short Stories"!

SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART is also available in paperback (regular and large print).

Enjoy!

CLICK HERE FOR SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART

UNIVERSAL LINK TO SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART


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Saturday, December 16, 2023

A WRITER'S MARKETING TOOL

 


I've just received my new writer's business cards from Vistaprint in this cute little box! Haven't used Vistaprint before. In fact, it's a long time since I've had business cards that weren't homemade, but people often ask me where they can find my books.

I had the cards designed quite reasonably by a graphic artist on Fiverr. Vistaprint price wasn't expensive either. I used the photo of me on the beach with my laptop that son Gavin took for the cover of my writers' guide "How to Be the Best Writer Ever!"

 

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