I took a few days off at the beginning of this week to concentrate on some quality family time. My husband managed to get Monday and Tuesday off work so we got to have a long weekend all together. It was great to relax for a bit, catch up with friends and most importantly play fun games with my hubby and kids. We even managed to get some D.I.Y. done around the apartment.
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| My husband, kids and me |
Sometimes taking a breather is the best way to be productive. I know that sounds a bit wrong but having given myself a break I'm now back with more energy and ideas than before.
Hurry this offer ends 27th July!
Here's just some of the titles available:
Out and About at the Zoo is now available for Kindle!
Perfect for keeping the kids busy this summer during car journey's, airports etc... Out and About at the Zoo can now be purchased via all the Amazon sites in their kindle category.
ASIN: B008ND8CB0
Purchasing links (kindle):
On 5th August as part of my virtual tour the kindle edition will be available for FREE download. This offer is for one day only.
Here are some
things you can do to help spread the word about my new book Out and About at the Zoo
From my website
Twitter
Here
are some pre-crafted tweets. Just click the links to post on Twitter now
Amazon
- Click the like button near the title
- If you've read the book, write a review: I would love to hear what you think of it. Go here and
then click the 'Create your own review' button.
- Tag the book:
Scroll down to "Tags Customers Associate with This Product" and
feel free to tag some of the more popular terms or just agree with those already listed.
Goodreads
- Add it to your to-read book shelf
- If you've read the book, write a review
- Recommend it
- Use the share features to post about it to your other networks
Digg, StumbleUpon, etc.
I
would love it if you shared these pages. Just copy and paste links.
Are You a Blogger/the Press?
I'm always available to do guest posts and interviews and would love the opportunity to let your readers know about my book. Please email me to organise the details. A media kit can be found on the Out and About at the Zoo page on my website
Today is my 6th wedding anniversary and so this post is just to say thank you for my lovely husband for all the love and support he has given me over the years. He's my number one fan and always proud to tell people he meets about my writing. He listens to me as I go on about my latest ideas and encourages me to continually reach higher and achieve my goals. He takes the kids out when I need a few hours to concentrate on work or have interviews to do. He is there when I'm frustrated and need a hug and there when a celebration is called for. I wouldn't be able to do it all without him ♥
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| Our wedding day 13 July 2006 |
During my promotional tour for Out and About at the Zoo I'm going to be doing some more LIVE events.
Here's the info so you can add them to your calendars:
You can find details about the other tour stops at my website
As part of my promotional efforts for my children's picture book Out and About at the Zoo I've added some free activity packs to my website. These fun book extra's can be downloaded completely free of charge. All you need to do to gain access to the files is to "pay" either with a tweet or a Facebook update.
All activity packs have a strong link to the Out and About at the Zoo book. So far I've added a word search, printable animal masks and colouring pages.
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| Some of the FREE animal masks |
There's also a video reading of the book to watch.
All can be found on the Out and About at the Zoo page on my website.
I'm currently touring the web to promote the release of my children's picture book 'Out and About at the Zoo'. The tour is 3 months long, running over June, July and August and includes a mix of guest posts, interviews, reviews, book spotlights, Facebook wall chats, Twitter interviews, Google+ hangouts and more...
Thanks to everyone for your support.
Out and About at the Zoo is available now from Amazon.com
International Literature Festival, Rome 2012
In June I attended the Letturature: Festival Internazionale di Roma and had a great time. Living in Rome (Italy) I don't often get the chance to go to in-person events like this so it was exciting to be able to indulge in some bookish fun for once.
On the night I went, the big guest speaker was Madeleine Wickham A.K.A. Sophie Kinsella. It was great to be able to meet one of my favourite authors. I love her Shopaholic series.
Here's a photo of us hanging out together during the event:
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| Madeleine Wickham and me |
These were the guests for this edition:
Here's a few photo's taken during the event:
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| Ticket collection point |
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| Waiting in line to enter |
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| Madeleine Wickham up on stage |
The event took place on Via del Fori Imperiali in the Roman Forum. Beautiful surroundings, excellent writers... a small piece of bookish heaven.
Have you ever met one of your favourite authors in person?
