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Blog Tour / Guest Post: ‘My Top Tips for Writing a Novel’ Phillipa Ashley, author of Spring on the Little Cornish Isles

Posted March 4, 2018 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Guest Post / 2 Comments
Blog Tour / Guest Post: ‘My Top Tips for Writing a Novel’ Phillipa Ashley, author of Spring on the Little Cornish Isles

Today I have the lovely Phillipa Ashley giving her top tips for writing a novel. Now just to make you aware this is a two parter post – and you can find the first part over at Annie’s Book Corner, so go check it out!! My  Top Tips for Writing a Novel I can hardly believe that Spring on the Little Cornish Isles: the Flower Farm is my 16th published novel. I well remember the days when I was struggling to write my debut, Decent Exposure in 2005/6 and couldn’t imagine how authors wrote more than one book! Now I know. Eventually, experience and practice does pay off. You hone your skills, gain confidence in your writing voice and learn which techniques help you to complete a book and fix any issues. I was very lucky that my debut was eventually completed and published by Hachette. It went on to win the Romantic Novelists’ Association Joan Hessayon prize for Debut Authors and was made into a TV movie. I’ve now been an author for over 13 years and I’m still on […]

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Blog Tour / Guest Post: Author Note – Where are the ‘Little Cornish Isles’?, by Phillipa Ashley author of Christmas on the Cornish Isles

Posted October 14, 2017 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Guest Post / 0 Comments
Blog Tour / Guest Post: Author Note – Where are the ‘Little Cornish Isles’?, by Phillipa Ashley author of Christmas on the Cornish Isles

So we are getting closer and closer to Christmas. Which means that there are lots and lots of lovely Chrismassy books out including Christmas on the Cornish Isles by Phillipa Ashley. Below Phillipa talks about her inspiration behind the ‘Little Cornish Isles’. Where are the ‘Little Cornish Isles’? The Isles of Scilly are one of my favourite places in the world – not that I’ve travelled that much of the world but I’ve been lucky enough to visit a few locations renowned for their stunning coastlines, including Grenada, St Lucia, Sardinia, Corsica and Southern Australia. There are some beautiful beaches in all of these places but I think the white sands and jewel-like seas of St Mary’s, St Martin’s, St Agnes, Tresco and Bryher are equally, if not more breathtaking, than any of those exotic hotspots. From the moment I first glimpsed Scilly from a tiny Skybus aircraft in September 2014, I was smitten. From the air, the isles look like a necklace of emerald gems fringed by sparkling sands, set in a turquoise, jade and sapphire lagoon. (Just remember […]

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