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Welcome

I started this blog in 2013 to share my reflections on reading, writing and psychology, along with my journey to become a published novelist.  I soon graduated to about twenty book reviews a month and a weekly 99-word story. Ten years later, I've transferred my writing / publication updates to my new website but will continue here with occasional reviews and flash fiction pieces, and maybe the odd personal post.

ANNE GOODWIN'S WRITING NEWS

A huge thank you, as a second novel is born!

25/5/2017

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Happy publication day to me! I must admit it doesn’t feel the huge leap it did the first time round, but I’m still excited, albeit not breathlessly so. There’s a quieter satisfaction in having more than one of my own novels on the shelf, making the transition from writer to author to novelist. This post is to thank those who’ve helped me on my way. While writing is a solitary activity, no writer is an island. Our achievements arise through hard work, good luck and not a little help from our friends.

The acknowledgement page in the book is as follows:

This wouldn’t be my second novel if I hadn’t published the first, so thanks to all those who encouraged and supported my journey to the publication of Sugar and Snails, as well as those who read, reviewed or otherwise recommended it and made me believe I could pull off something similar again.

Thanks to Terry Anderson for early plot discussions and – along with Linda Bowes, Keith Finlinson, Clare Goodwin, Geoff LePard, Ewan Morrison, Gail Rennie and Ashley Stokes – for patient reading of and feedback on various drafts, and the team at Inspired Quill, especially Sara Jayne Slack and Fiona Thomas for knocking it further into shape. Thanks to Vince Haig for another gorgeous cover.

Thanks to SSD for Steve’s smattering of Punjabi and to the art psychotherapists it’s been my pleasure to work alongside for his (mis)understanding of Liesel’s profession. My work in mental health services also introduced me to attachment theory, which shaped my understanding of both their characters. (For an accessible introduction to this topic, I recommend Sue Gerhart’s Why Love Matters.) Thanks to That Woman for helping me delve into this more deeply, and to Terry Anderson for everything else.

Most of all, thank you for reading.

But that’s only half the story. I must also thank the blogosphere novelists who supplied
advance endorsements, as well as the readers generously making the time to write reviews. There are also the librarians and booksellers willing to champion my small-press published books. I’m also conscious of my humongous (as Venus in Sugar and Snails might say) debt of gratitude to those who support me online through this blog, through Twitter and through hosting guest posts. Since, despite intending to rein myself in, the current blog tour is as much of a splurge as the first one, my words have already claimed more than their fair share of the blogosphere, I’d better hand over to them with the links to the posts on the pre-publication part of the tour:

14     Five questions with Cornflakegirl’s Musings
15     Fictionalising the Mentally Disordered Offender
16     Brave and subversive, like gazing upon the surface of a pond
17     Review by Geoff LePard: a book to make you wonder / The passion for travel and the concept of home
18     Author Interview: Chat About Books
19     You don’t know until you try!
20     Child, lover, jailer: The three faces of Steve
21     Compassion for the Criminal, Condemnation of the Crime
22     Q&A with Rachel Poli
23     Victims, villains and vulnerability
24     The Child in the Clothes of the Criminal
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I hope you’re not exhausted, because there are still another seventeen stops to go, ending up on the day of
my launch party on 10th June. I’ll be adding the live links to my stories underneath the story page as I go along.




I would sing my thanks if I had the confidence to sing solo. Never mind, Mercedes Sosa has the better voice.

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14 Comments
Sacha
25/5/2017 10:43:32 pm

YAYYYYYYYYYY SO pleased for you Anne this is super news. Enjoy the launch party and the tour wishing you all the best for the launch, happy book birthday xx

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Annecdotist
26/5/2017 12:30:06 pm

Thank you, Sacha. I think my launch clashes with the Bloggers Bash so likewise wishing you the best for that – you’ve created something significant there.

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Derbhile Graham link
26/5/2017 04:32:14 pm

Well done. Anne. You go from strength to strength.

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Annecdotist
27/5/2017 01:28:41 pm

Thank you, Derbhile, appreciate the support.

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Norah Colvin link
28/5/2017 12:39:18 pm

Congratulations, Anne! Fabulous news. Apologies I haven't caught up with many posts yet, but I have just bought my copy. I've been so looking forward to reading it. Now - time! I wish you great success. You have worked hard and deserve it.

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Annecdotist
28/5/2017 04:43:20 pm

Thank you, Norah, hope you enjoy the book.

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Charli Mills
29/5/2017 01:02:41 am

Good job, Anne! Congratulations on your second novel! May it be destined to be a best-seller and a middle-child on the shelf of books authored by you. You are managing your release like a pro. Wishing you the best while on tour and beyond!

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Annecdotist
29/5/2017 05:15:36 pm

Thank you, Charli. While I can’t imagine it being a bestseller I’ll be doing my best to make it a middle child, or even second oldest. Thanks for your support with the blog tour – and the rest.

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Sarah link
29/5/2017 05:09:49 pm

Congratulations! 🎉 Looking forward to reading this.

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Annecdotist
29/5/2017 05:14:14 pm

Thanks, Sarah.

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Colin
30/5/2017 06:12:29 pm

Congratulations Anne. I hope you sell lots of copies.

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Annecdotist
31/5/2017 05:43:04 pm

Thanks, Colin, hope all’s well with you.

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Gargi link
20/6/2017 12:06:44 pm

Congratulations, Anne! Great to see this news! I've been away on maternity leave and recently joined back at work. I'm sad to have missed out a chance on hosting you for your second book's blog tour as I had done for your first one, but perhaps next time!

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Annecdotist
20/6/2017 04:58:10 pm

Lovely to hear from you, Gargi, and congratulations to you too. You must be pretty busy right now but I look forward to connections across the blogosphere.

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