I’m sorry I haven’t been around since the end of January – I had another glaucoma operation in February and am limiting screen time. I don’t usually post mid-week either, but just wanted to make sure people who follow my blog know there’s a Magic Carpet giveaway on my Facebook author page. I posted it to celebrate International Women’s Day, because if you’re looking for strong women of many generations and ethnicities, Magic Carpet land is the place to go. It’s open until midnight UK time on Friday 13th (lucky for one). This is a UK only giveaway because of the cost of author copies and postage – SORRY – and you do have to comment under the pinned post on my author page to enter the draw. Then I’ll message the winner on Facebook to get their postal details.
In other news I am gearing up for a couple of blog posts – one reviewing all those books I was given to read in 2020, that fortunately my eye op hasn’t stopped me reading, and one exploring the very different outcomes so far for The Magic Carpet (better novel, better edited, better written) and The Infinity Pool (pretty good for a debut but now I itch to take it down and tighten it up). And yet which one got two Amazon number ones? Which one funded a bloody good holiday, some treats for home and family and made the accountant believe me when I said was now a writer? Currently the mighty, who perhaps had unrealistic expectations of the second novel after the success of the first, are slightly crestfallen. So please do enter that giveaway, or read The Magic Carpet on KU, or if you don’t win the giveaway either message me for a mobi file to review or even treat yourself, and let me know what you think. If reviews and sales suddenly zoom, I’ll write a far more celebratory blog post and get back my mojo to tackle the edits for novel three!
© Jessica Norrie 2020
Wish I was in the UK! I would absolutely enter this, Jessica! The Magic Carpet Ride is on my “to be read” list!! Hope it’s a success!!
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Thank you so much Camilla. Anyone anywhere can read it on KU, if that helps, or of course buy it in paperback or Kindle editions…hope you enjoy it when the time comes.
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Yes, I should have said that it’s also on my “to buy” list! I just can’t read ebooks. Need a solid book in my hands! And, I’m sure I’m going to enjoy it! xoxo
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I know what you mean about ebooks and this one does
definitely work better in print, imho. Unfortunately it’s very hard to keep the price down due to production costs, but you’ll know all about that.
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I hope the surgery went well and best of luck with your books! I’d enter the giveaway but I’m from Canada.
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Thank you and I’m sorry about limiting the giveaway but the postage is very expensive now even in the UK. Nice to hear from you.
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I completely understand, Jessica. Postage here in Canada is astronomical too.
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It’s good to hear from you Jessica. It sounds as though you’re on the mend from your surgery. I’ll look forward to your next blog post.
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Thank you Liz! Hope all well with you.
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You’re welcome! All is well with me on the writing front. On the work front, it’s pretty much fighting the plagiarism wars: how-many-plagiarism-services-does-it-take-to-bring-down-an-education-system?
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Sounds to me like there’s a blog post in that! Or acosy crime novel for an extremely niche market…
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Hmm, you may be on to something with the cozy crime novel idea . . .
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Be my guest!
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🙂
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I hope your sight responds to treatment and you get the best possible outcome.
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Thank you! All going well so far but you have to take it easy.
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I enjoyed The Magic Carpet. Good luck to all who enter.
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Thank you Darlene, very kind.
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