Alys West Archives - Sharon Booth: author of uplifting women's fiction

Goodbye 2020 ~ The Longest Year

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Post author:sharon
Post last modified:December 31, 2020
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2020 - what a year! Since it's New Year's Eve (at last!) and tonight the clocks will chime us into a new year (at last!) I thought I'd look back…

#ThrowbackThursday and another giveaway ~ Home for Christmas ~ Winter Tales

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Post author:sharon
Post last modified:November 13, 2020
Reading time:7 min(s) read

Continuing my occasional Throwback Thursday series, I'm taking a look back at the Home for Christmas stories and how they came about. If you haven't yet come across this series,…

#ThrowbackThursday and a giveaway ~ The Witches of Castle Clair ~ Halloween’s Coming!

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Post author:sharon
Post last modified:October 28, 2020
Reading time:8 min(s) read

So many things have been cancelled or postponed this year, and it looks as if Halloween is the latest casualty of Covid 19. Not surprisingly, most people will not be…

Tears, Fears, and Being Back at Square One.

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Post last modified:September 19, 2020
Reading time:15 min(s) read

Hello, everyone! It's good to be back blogging again, I must say. After my Northumberland Adventure post, I did promise that I'd do a catch-up post, so here it…

Five Fabulous Books About Witchcraft Chosen By Author Alys West

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Post last modified:May 27, 2020
Reading time:8 min(s) read

My guest today is my lovely friend (and structural editor!) Alys West. I'm really missing our regular catch-ups, so I'm gratified to learn she is, too! :) Alys writes the…

#AtoZChallenge E is For …

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Post author:sharon
Post last modified:April 4, 2020
Reading time:16 min(s) read

Welcome to a new week! I hope your weekend went well, even though I realise it probably wasn't spent the way you'd have loved to spend it. It's typical that…

I’ve Been Nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award!

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Post author:sharon
Post last modified:February 7, 2020
Reading time:7 min(s) read

The Sunshine Blogger Award allows bloggers to highlight and celebrate their fellow bloggers’ creativity and positivity within the blogging community. I'm chuffed to little mint balls and absolutely delighted to…

All Good Things Must Come to an End: Five Photos … A Thank You

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Post author:sharon
Post last modified:October 10, 2019
Reading time:2 min(s) read

Last week's Five Photos feature with Ros Rendle was the last in the series. I've had a wonderful time browsing through so many people's precious photographs and sharing their amazing…

Getting to Know: The Write Romantics ~ an Anniversary Special!

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Post last modified:October 8, 2019
Reading time:20 min(s) read

On April 1st, it will be five years since The Write Romantics were formed by Jo Bartlett and Julie Heslington. At the time, only one member of the group -…