A round-up of a few of the events I’ve been going to over the past few months, from book launch parties to signings, reading groups, author panels, radio guest spots, and all that good stuff. (For upcoming events, please check out my Events page.) January Launch of Defender Birmingham Waterstone’s Thursday 12th January. I had […]
I wrote five very interesting posts for the DEFENDER Launch Blog Tour this January, so I thought I’d put handy links to each one I did. (I really thought this would only take me 30mins to do. NINETY MINUTES LATER…) My Favourite TV Shows of 2016 (Link broken. Sorry) (Hosted by my bro @girlvsbooks) Highlights […]
I was tasked with making a simple, 2 minute book promo video for my publishers so they could send it to colleagues in Australia and New Zealand. I emailed through the finished version late last night, but here is the journey it took to getting something even vaguely useable. (Note: my book, DEFENDER, is great. […]
The first vlog from half of the Writers in Cars team (the new podcast of which can be heard here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8786734/writers-in-cars-episode-one-how-we-got-o). This is an introduction to me (Gemma, in case you forgot which blog you were reading 🙂 ) and why I’m embarking on a new vlog journey when I have no real idea what […]
I had a discussion the other day with some fellow writers about how we all felt about writing. Did we see it as a profound and worthy endeavour? Did we see it as a bit of fun, a hobby? Where did we place it in terms of importance in our lives? I found that I […]
I think I can attribute 80% of all stresses I’ve ever felt in my life to the past year. Does that coincide with signing a four-book deal with Headline? Yes, indeed. Can I also attribute some of my most standout moments in my entire life to the same year? I can. So, I think it balances itself […]
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