Archives for December 2013

By Lucy Diamond Finishing writing a novel is always a bittersweet experience for me. There’s joy, of course (I did it!), relief (particularly if a deadline is looming) and the happy anticipation that a pay cheque should soon be on its way (shopping spree ahoy!). Alongside all the celebration though, I often have a feeling of sadness too: that this particular journey with these … [Read more...] about Christmas at the Beach Café by Lucy Diamond and an Exclusive Recipe

Featuring some of the best short Christmas stories of all time, we have five copies of Round the Christmas Fire: Festive Stories to give away. A beautiful book to be cherished and pulled from the shelves year after year. If the weather outside is frightful, draw up a chair to the fire, get the chesnuts roasting, and find an echo to every mood in this collection of funny, … [Read more...] about Win! A Copy of Round the Christmas Fire: Festive Stories

Every month, we give you the opportunity to interview a favourite author in our newsletter by asking for your questions via Twitter. This month, you quizzed bestselling author Joanne Harris. Joanne’s latest collection of short stories A Cat, A Hat And A Piece of String is published in paperback on 16th January with her next full length novel, The Gospel of Loki, launching in … [Read more...] about Twitterview with Joanne Harris

In this first Five Minute Fiction, we're featuring the winner of November's Pinterest Prompt, Vicky McMillan. Vicky drew us in with her short tale of a serendipitous encounter in New York City. Fancy seeing your own writing here in January? Be sure to enter December's Pinterest Prompt on Novelicious. This doesn’t look like heartbreak to me. Why is everything so cheery, … [Read more...] about Five Minute Fiction by Vicky McMillan