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Diana Jackson

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  • Reviews on Goodreads ~ I was a Year behind ~ Are you?

    I’ve just tried to catch up with my reviews on Goodreads which I’m ashamed to say were nearly a year behind. How did that happen? In some ways I feel that Goodreads is as important (if not more so) than Amazon. Why? …because it included books borrowed from friends books bought in book shops or…

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  • Review of Organising a book launch

    What on earth is an on line book launch: This is what I wrote last Thursday, a day before my on line book launch: “I’ve wracked my brains as to what to do for a launch day for my new novel. I’ve read posts of advice until I’m on overload. What other folks say: Some…

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  • A Leap of Faith ~ Is this how to organise a book launch? How am I doing?

    MISSING Past and Present launch today! ‘Mystery Inspired by History’Series Available on Amazon Can be ordered from bookshops in the UK from the end of March 2020 Hi folks A LEAP OF FAITH… I’ve wracked my brains as to what to do for a launch day for my new novel today. I’ve read posts of…

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  • Review of ‘The Healing Paths of Fife’

    REVIEW OF ‘THE HEALING PATHS OF FIFE’ on Amazon on 9th December 2019 Here is the latest review. It is 4 stars but I’m really chuffed that Ragner took the trouble to write it: “The first thing to note about this book is its subtitle, where Diana Jackson correctly classifies it both as a fantasy…

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  • Felicity Snowden’s Mc Bride Mysteries

    Felicity Snowden   is a debut Author who spent her former years reading the awesome occult of Dennis Wheatley, the English intrigue of Agatha Christie and the sheer horror of James Herbert. Her first novel “When Dead Men won’t Lie.” hovers between this eclectic blend of compelling genres. Continuing in the time switch theme Felicity published…

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  • Excellent Books about The Fife Coastal Path

        If you are about to walk The Fife Coastal Path there are some excellent resources. For extensive background information I don’t think you can better Hamish Brown’s Along The Fife Coastal Path. I actually have an older version The Fife Coast by Hamish Brown, bought in a wonderful back street secondhand bookshop in Burntisland, long before…

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  • Katherine the Duchess by Tony Riches

    My first book review to begin 2020 is a great read! Katherine Willoughby’s unlikely marriage to Charles Brandon her guardian,  makes her a baroness and leads to her walking close on the heels of all of Henry VIII’s wives ~ and between wives, even the King himself.  She manages to remain in favour ~ just,…

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  • Seal Mother by Rose English

    Seal Mother ~ A Selkie Tale in Verse is a delightful book telling a familiar story in a unique way. The illustrated poetry is a pleasure to read and reread. The legends about seals coming to life in human form have inspired and seduced me ever since we moved to Scotland and Seal Mother is so beautiful.…

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