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Lakewater Press: editorial director Kate Foster keeps the Lakewater pages turning

10 Sunday Dec 2017

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As the countdown to Christmas continues, Lakewater Press introduces another member of the team as we continue with our holiday blog hop.

Between December 1 and the 24th we’re sharing holiday interviews with our authors and the Lakewater Press staff. It’s an excellent opportunity for us to get to know each other a little better, and to give our readers a peek behind the scenes–or pages.

Perhaps you’ll even find a new blog to follow, or your next favorite book.

Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for our holiday giveaway.

Today’s interviewee: editorial director Kate Foster

Blog URL: http://lakewaterpress.com/index.php/blog-2/

Where do you live? Gold Coast, Australia

What are your chances of having snow on Christmas Day? Well, absolutely zero if I stay home. Christmas is during the summer on this side of the world which means hot, humid, and delightful.

Kate and dogBack in England, where I lived in the south east of the country until my mid-thirties, it snowed once on Christmas Day; otherwise it was cold, grey, and drizzly.

Do you have any favorite holiday traditions? Christmas Day has changed a little for me since moving to Australia.

It’s the same but different, and I’m pretty happy to embrace the new traditions we’re creating as a family. Continue reading →

Lakewater Press: Read all about acquisitions and marketing assistant Jodi Gallegos

08 Friday Dec 2017

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Christmas is just over two weeks away and at Lakewater Press we’re on day four of our holiday blog hop.

Between December 1 and the 24th we’re sharing holiday interviews with our authors and the Lakewater Press staff.

It’s an excellent opportunity for us to get to know each other a little better, and to give our readers a peek behind the scenes–or pages.

Perhaps you’ll even find a new blog to follow, or your next favourite book.

Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for our holiday giveaway.

Today’s interviewee: Jodi Gallegos, acquisitions & marketing assistant

Your blog (url): Jodigallegos.com

Where do you live? Grand Junction, CO

What are your chances of having snow on Christmas Day? Pretty slim in my opinion, and based on my research  – because I love to research – my town has had only 18 Christmases with more than a trace amount of snow since 1893, and only Continue reading →

Review: Jack London’s American classic questions how deep is The Call of the Wild?

07 Thursday Dec 2017

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The Call of the WildIt would be fair to say that in his youth Buck was a bit of a lazy charmer.

Sure, he worked out – hunting and long runs outdoors kept down the fat and hardened his muscles – but his folks were well-to-do and there was no expectation that Buck need find something useful to keep himself occupied.

If he’d read newspapers he might have known trouble was brewing far away that would threaten his privileged lifestyle. Continue reading →

Lakewater Press: A busy writing year for James L Weaver, author of the Jake Caldwell series

06 Wednesday Dec 2017

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For the holiday season, we at Lakewater Press thought it would be a good time to share who we are with a little holiday blog hop.

Between December 1 and the 24th we’ll share holiday interviews with our authors and the Lakewater Press staff. It’s an excellent opportunity for us to get to know each other a little better, and to give our readers a peek behind the scenes–or pages.

Perhaps you’ll even find a new blog to follow, or your next favourite book.

Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for our holiday giveaway

Today’s interviewee: author James L Weaver

Your blog (url): www.jameslweaver.net

Where do you live? Olathe, Kansas – a suburb of Kansas City.

The name means beautiful or fine, and Olathe served as a stopping point at the Oregon, California and Santa Fe Trails.

What are your chances of having snow on Christmas Day? As of now, “a Continue reading →

Review:  tangled plotting mars Myra Syal’s third novel The House of Hidden Mothers

05 Tuesday Dec 2017

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The House of Hidden Mothers

The house of hidden mothersOnce upon a time I had no scruples about giving up on a book: if I wasn’t gripped a quarter of the way in¸ I chucked it into a corner and forgot about it.

And then I joined a book club and it became morally incumbent to carry on reading to THE END.

But, oh, Myra Syal’s third novel The House of Hidden Mothers was a real test of endurance.

It sounded so promising too: London-based Shyama, 48, Continue reading →

Lakewater Press: Spotlight on EL Wicker, the talent behind Lakewater’s gorgeous book covers

04 Monday Dec 2017

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For the holiday season, we at Lakewater Press thought it would be a good time to share who we are with a little holiday blog hop.

Between December 1 and the 24th we’ll share holiday interviews with our authors and the Lakewater Press staff. It’s an excellent opportunity for us to get to know each other a little better, and to give our readers a peek behind the scenes–or pages.

Perhaps you’ll even find a new blog to follow, or your next favourite book.

Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for our holiday giveaway.

Today’s interviewee: EmmaWicker. A/NA acquisitions and creative director.

Your blog (url): www.elwicker.com

Where do you live? On the US Star Ship Voyager.

What are your chances of having snow on Christmas Day? Slim, but not impossible.

Do you have any favorite holiday traditions? Yes! I love eating pigs in Continue reading →

Lakewater Press: meet the authors and the people who put their work on the page

02 Saturday Dec 2017

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For the holiday season, we at Lakewater Press thought it would be a good time to share who we are with a little holiday blog hop.

Between December 1 and the 24th we’ll share holiday interviews with our authors and the Lakewater Press staff. It’s an excellent opportunity for us to get to know each other a little better, and to give our readers a peek behind the scenes–or pages.

Perhaps you’ll even find a new blog to follow, or your next favourite book.

Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for our holiday giveaway!!!

Today’s interviewee: Barbara Quinn, author

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Where do you live? I split time between Bradley Beach, NJ and Holmes Beach, FL

What are your chances of having snow on Christmas Day? I’m usually left Dreaming of a White Christmas..about 20% chance of snow in my NY/NJ area.

Do you have any favourite holiday traditions? I come from a large Italian-American family so FOOD is a religious experience, especially at Christmas time. Christmas Eve is a seafood extravaganza. On Christmas Eve we celebrate The Continue reading →

Meet the author: Rachel Amphlett shares a few of her favourite things

11 Saturday Nov 2017

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Rachel AmphlettWhat do scampi and chips, black coffee and a good pair of jeans have in common?

They’re just a few of author Rachel Amphlett’s favourite things.

Amphlett, whose new thriller Hell to Pay, the latest in the Detective Kay Hunter series, will be published on November 16, explains here why she loves a good cup of coffee and always makes a beeline for her favourite seafood dinner when she visits the UK.  Continue reading →

Review: Springsteen points to land of hopes and dreams in Barbara Quinn’s Valentine to the Jersey shore

24 Tuesday Oct 2017

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Springsteen (2)It’s not often a book comes along where people, place and plot are so intertwined that one doesn’t work without the other.

Or one that demands to be read to crashing drums and flashing lights.

But then if you came home to find your husband with his face between the long, silky legs of another woman, you’d make a bit of a song and dance about it too.

Especially if you’d only put clean sheets on the bed the day before.  Continue reading →

Meet the authors: behind the scenes as we prepare for a talk at Burley library

09 Monday Oct 2017

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Us with early arrivals

Susan (second left) and Sue (fourth left) with early arrivals at Burley library on Saturday.

PG Wodehouse hit the nail on the head: a reporter wants to interview one of his characters in Bachelor’s Anonymous. ‘I hate talking about myself,’ wails the diffident hero.

‘I dare say,’ ripostes the reporter, ‘but you’ve got to when you’re being interviewed.’

Ditto when you’ve agreed to deliver a talk to a group of readers.

And there’s the rub: Susan and I have spent our working lives in the wings, encouraging people to talk to us rather than spouting about ourselves.

It takes a bit of a mental shift to switch from being the person asking the questions to the person giving all the answers. Continue reading →

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