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Veterans Day Veterans Day in the US, in the UK we call it Remembrance Day or Armistice Day. It is a good time to reflect on our families, there aren’t many that haven’t been affected by war. A few of my family have been in military service, and I am very proud of them. I remember sitting with my father, watching the Armistice Day ceremony on the TV. He served in the Royal Marines, and I know watching the ceremony meant a lot to him. At the time I sat there to humor him. It is the same every year...

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Books with a festive feel, jingle all the way! Books with a festive feel just put a smile on your face and give you that Christmassy glow. I don’t want to sound repetitive, but ‘tis the season to be publishing Christmas books. A week that has seen us publish Secret Santa by Keren Hughes. Click here to read the Prologue and Chapter one.   We also announced our double deal from Starla Kaye Christmas Love which comprised two books Holly’s Big Bad Santa and Cowboys in Charge in a special Christmas edition.  This book is also available on KU. I have always wondered why authors would write seasonal books, by their...

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Christmas is coming! Secret Santa is on the way! A very Christmassy week, Secret Santa by Keren Hughes. It is out today. Click here to read the Prologue and Chapter one.  Our second book is a double deal from Starla Kaye Christmas Love which comprised two books Holly’s Big Bad Santa and Cowboys in Charge in a special Christmas edition.  This book is also available on KU. The newsletter is out Friday, tell anyone that might be interested in getting hot news from us, to sign up to our newsletter. I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments here on the blog, the BVS Facebook page, or my Facebook page. We have a twitter page...

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Stories are everything!  Before I get into today’s blog about arches and doorways as gateways into stories, a quick piece of news. Home by Keren Hughes is now available on e-book and in paperback. Click here to read the Prologue and Chapter one. The free competition continues. To take part click here. There were a couple of thoughts that took me down this route of thinking for today’s blog. One was watching the Narnia movies, I loved the books, and when I am feeling a little below par, I love a good fantasy movie so I binge-watched the series. A brilliant concept of going...

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In romantic fiction how important is historical accuracy? I do love historical fiction and enjoy the stories of L.J. Dare, A Bride for a King, Jan Selbourne, Perilous Love and C.L. Koch A Woman’s Secret.  I also read more general historical fiction, like the works of Bernard Cornwell and Hilary Mantel, both of which base their work in well researched time periods. I am curious to hear your opinions as to how important it is to get the history right in romance stories?  Is it good enough to have it loosely based, because it is the romance that interests you? Or is it annoying...

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I am addicted to www.pinterest.com. Whenever I am short of ideas a quick trawl of Pinterest and I come up with all kinds of ideas.  Maybe too many sometimes.  The problem with a creative mind, as I have said in the past, is that you have more ideas than you can bring to life.  But looking at images can gel things like character details in your mind.  If you are waning a hero in your story to look a certain way, looking online you can find your ideal character. I find it a lot easier to describe what I can see....

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