Welcome to my blog and enjoy what my good friend Amanda (Manda) has to say about her own writing.
Thank you for having me on your blog today. I really appreciate it. I guess when it comes to promoting myself, I am the woman in the corner of a room with a glass of fizz holding a bookmark, hoping someone will notice. So here's my bookmark, and I'm drinking a mug of tea!
My name is Amanda J Ward and I am the author of The Thrilling Adventures of Pann Haggerty; a short-story series about an
Englishwoman of a 'certain' age who takes a year off to travel around America in an RV in search of new experiences and perhaps
love. They are fun and quirky, and the best compliments I have had is that my mother, mother-in-law, and daughter have read them, which is really amazing.
My name is Amanda J Ward and I am the author of The Thrilling Adventures of Pann Haggerty; a short-story series about an
Englishwoman of a 'certain' age who takes a year off to travel around America in an RV in search of new experiences and perhaps
love. They are fun and quirky, and the best compliments I have had is that my mother, mother-in-law, and daughter have read them, which is really amazing.
I live in England with my husband, our
three young children, and two mad cats called Arthur and Merlin. I write mostly romance, but am dipping my toes in a few uncertain waters such as a regency time-shift which is all planned out. I'm by no means a regular writer. I don't have a set time of day when I can write.
Each day in my home is completely different as to how, when, and if I can get anything done. The past few weeks have been manic as the kids have been off school. It's only now in the week before they go back, that I am able to catch up and do reviews etc.
I am a HUGE reader. I have been reading since I can remember, and there were times when I am sure my mother despaired at me for hoarding books under my bed. Before my father died, we used to go to the library together every Saturday, with me trotting after him pulling the shopping trolley.
He would fill it up with war books. My grandmother was a reader of romantic
fiction. I found some in her spare room one day when I was eight and snooping. Since then I have been hooked. My favourite series is still the Temptation line of Harlequin books, but there are authors I am exceptionally loyal to.
I adore historical fiction and royalty books. I have DVDs about them and biographies lining my bookcase. Phillippa Gregory, Anne O'Brien, Marguerite Kaye, Michelle Willingham and Sophie Perinot top my list there. I am a HUGE Gilmore Girls, Waltons, Little House on the Prairie, Sci Fi and Big Bang Theory fan.
When I write Pann, for some reason, I see it
as a sitcom. I think that's the best way to describe the series, and I like working to a deadline for some reason. The worst thing about me is that I procrastinate like mad.
It is really dreadful. Finding other things to do rather than sit in front of the screen and get words to appear on it from my head.
For some reason I love working in peace and quiet. I guess it's because I talk to myself when I type and the looks I get from my children and husband, and the cats too are very offputting. Yes there are days when I feel I have no talent for writing and that what I do is absolute rubbish. How do I cope? I walk away from what I'm doing for a time.
Any advice? Don't give up.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thrilling-Adventures-Pann-Haggerty-ebook/dp/B008LOR4VA/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-ext&ie=UTF8&qid=1346143567&sr=1-1
In the US
http://www.amazon.com/Thrilling-Adventures-Pann-Haggerty-ebook/dp/B008LOR4VA/ref=la_B008LTIKVI_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346143600&sr=1-1
I'm on facebook at
http://www.amazon.com/Thrilling-Adventures-Pann-Haggerty-ebook/dp/B008LOR4VA/ref=la_B008LTIKVI_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346143600&sr=1-1
Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6443350.Amanda_Ward
Blog
http://amandajward.wordpress.com/
Kooks Nooks
http://kooks-kooksnook.blogspot.co.uk/?zx=a49c890fbc213cd9
and my website
http://kooks-kooksnook.blogspot.co.uk/?zx=a49c890fbc213cd9
and of course email me at
mrsajward@hotmail.com
Thanks for having me and hope to hear from
readers soon!
three young children, and two mad cats called Arthur and Merlin. I write mostly romance, but am dipping my toes in a few uncertain waters such as a regency time-shift which is all planned out. I'm by no means a regular writer. I don't have a set time of day when I can write.
Each day in my home is completely different as to how, when, and if I can get anything done. The past few weeks have been manic as the kids have been off school. It's only now in the week before they go back, that I am able to catch up and do reviews etc.
I am a HUGE reader. I have been reading since I can remember, and there were times when I am sure my mother despaired at me for hoarding books under my bed. Before my father died, we used to go to the library together every Saturday, with me trotting after him pulling the shopping trolley.
He would fill it up with war books. My grandmother was a reader of romantic
fiction. I found some in her spare room one day when I was eight and snooping. Since then I have been hooked. My favourite series is still the Temptation line of Harlequin books, but there are authors I am exceptionally loyal to.
I adore historical fiction and royalty books. I have DVDs about them and biographies lining my bookcase. Phillippa Gregory, Anne O'Brien, Marguerite Kaye, Michelle Willingham and Sophie Perinot top my list there. I am a HUGE Gilmore Girls, Waltons, Little House on the Prairie, Sci Fi and Big Bang Theory fan.
When I write Pann, for some reason, I see it
as a sitcom. I think that's the best way to describe the series, and I like working to a deadline for some reason. The worst thing about me is that I procrastinate like mad.
It is really dreadful. Finding other things to do rather than sit in front of the screen and get words to appear on it from my head.
For some reason I love working in peace and quiet. I guess it's because I talk to myself when I type and the looks I get from my children and husband, and the cats too are very offputting. Yes there are days when I feel I have no talent for writing and that what I do is absolute rubbish. How do I cope? I walk away from what I'm doing for a time.
Any advice? Don't give up.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thrilling-Adventures-Pann-Haggerty-ebook/dp/B008LOR4VA/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-ext&ie=UTF8&qid=1346143567&sr=1-1
In the US
http://www.amazon.com/Thrilling-Adventures-Pann-Haggerty-ebook/dp/B008LOR4VA/ref=la_B008LTIKVI_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346143600&sr=1-1
I'm on facebook at
http://www.amazon.com/Thrilling-Adventures-Pann-Haggerty-ebook/dp/B008LOR4VA/ref=la_B008LTIKVI_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346143600&sr=1-1
Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6443350.Amanda_Ward
Blog
http://amandajward.wordpress.com/
Kooks Nooks
http://kooks-kooksnook.blogspot.co.uk/?zx=a49c890fbc213cd9
and my website
http://kooks-kooksnook.blogspot.co.uk/?zx=a49c890fbc213cd9
and of course email me at
mrsajward@hotmail.com
Thanks for having me and hope to hear from
readers soon!
Thanks for sharing, Manda, I think your Pann books are great fun - just like you.
Wishing you a successful journey,
Crystal
Crystal
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