I’m planning on releasing my first book. Twisted Tales will be a collection of short, dark stories with a twist. I’m so excited to share this with you.
This fabulous cover was designed for me by the lovely Becky from Cuddle Fairy
As a lot of you will know by now, I have just finished the April A to Z Challenge. My theme for the challenge was 100 word flash fiction on the darker side of human nature.
Throughout the challenge, I got asked a lot if I would be releasing an E-book of the stories. I was thinking about doing just that and with the over whelming response I got to these stories, I have decided to go ahead with it.
Twisted Tales will include some of those A-Z stories in their original form, some of them extended because a lot of people wanted to know more about them, some short stories I’ve previously posted here, and some brand new and unseen stories.
I’ve also finished writing and editing my first novel. I’m still a little unsure about which route to go down with this, whether to self publish it or go down the traditional publishing route. I’ve sent the manuscript to several suitable literary agencies and I’m awaiting their response to decide on my next step for the novel.
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Wow…your first book free? That is so cool of you! Best of the best wishes, Debbie!
Thank you so much 🙂
Congrats. I know how long it takes to get to the releasing a book part.
It is a long time, and I’m kind of impatient but I don’t want to rush it and end up scrambling at the last minute!
I am hugely excited about this!! I really enjoyed your A to Z Challenge and it always left me wanting more! Good luck and I will definitely be reading. Happy to review as well, although I have never done a book review. That said I am considering doing children’s book reviews so may be cutting my teeth on that soon! x
I’m glad you’ll be reading it 🙂 Thank you! I’m aiming to get the advance copies out at the beginning of June so I will email you when I do. Good luck with your book reviews, they’re fun to write x
Congratulations Debbie! This is so exciting. I know your first book will be a success. That’s amazing that it will be free. Best of luck publishing your first novel as well – what a busy year for you! x
Thank you 🙂 It is crazy busy bit I enjoy doing it so it doesn’t feel like a chore x
This is great news! Congratulations for taking the step!
Thank you so much, so excited and nervous at the same time 🙂
Awesome. I enjoyed your twisted tales in April.
Thank you 🙂 Some of those stories will be getting extended!
Congrats!!!!! YOU did it!!! Brilliant! I am SO excited for you and to read the book!
Thank you 🙂 I think doing this challenge was the kick up the ass I needed to get the book together! I hope you like it!
Wow this is incredibly exciting! I love the cover. Go you in publishing! 😀 xx
Thank you, I’m really excited about it all! 🙂 x
Great post, can’t wait to read your Twisted Tales book.
This is really exciting news, good look!
The cover is amazing!
Janet #AnythingGoes 🙂
Thank you so much, I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Ooh, exciting! What a great idea to collect it all – looking forward to reading 🙂 #anythinggoes
Thank you, I hope you enjoy it!
I am beyond excited for this to be released!! I’m so happy you took the plunge!
I would absolutely love to review it!!
Also, I think you’re nuts giving it away for free… Even if you only charge 99p that’s money in your pocket that you truly deserve, nevermind the time and effort your time is worth! 🙂 xxx #AnythingGoes
Thank you so much 🙂 I am looking at getting review copies out early June, so I will be in touch!
My thinking behind the free book is because some of the stories have already been published on the blog, I would feel like I was ripping my readers off if they had to pay for the book. I know that’s probably stupid like lol x
That is so awesome Debbie! I am so excited for you! I am still working on my first novel and am also unsure on whether to choose an e-book or go the traditional route. I can’t wait to read your book. Your stories are right up my alley! #anythinggoes
Thank you so much, I hope you enjoy it 🙂 I’m pleased to hear you’re still working on yours, I’m really looking forward to it! There’s so many decisions around publishing!
Brilliant! This is very exciting news! Hope it all comes together really well… #AnythingGoes
Thank you 🙂 I’m really excited about it all!
The cover looks great and a massive well done to you! I have an idea for a book I really want to write but I just haven’t sat down and started writing yet. It sounds great! One of my favourite collections of short stories is Nocturnes by John Connelly. A fantastic read inspired by different horror writers so each story is in a different style. #AnythingGoes
Thank you so much 🙂 Good luck with your idea! That sounds like a good collection, I’ll have to check it out!
wow! This is huge and awesome news!! So thrilled for you! #anythinggoes
Thank you 🙂
The cover looks very intriguing – all the best for the launch and thanks for hosting #anythinggoes linky
Thank you and thanks for linking up 🙂
Oh WOW that’s fantastic- congratulations! Looking forward to reading it, I bet it feels great to have written your first book?! Best of luck xxx #TwinklyTuesday
Thank you so much 🙂 It really does, it’s something I’ve wanted to do for ages and now I can finally say I have! x
Oh I’m so excited! Loved your a-z challenge and can’t wait to read more.i will definitely be reading Twisted Tales. Well done you for putting all together as a collection. Look forward to reading your novel one day too 🙂 xx #TwinklyTuesday
Thank you so much, I hope you like it! x
Can’t wait for Twisted Tales. Love the cover! Very apropos! 🙂
Thank you so much 🙂
very exciting! Maybe a preview of future endeavours?
Yes, I definitely intend to share some previews when the time for publishing is closer 🙂
I meant maybe some longer form fiction in the future?
Oh right! Well, I’ve finished my first novel and I’ve got the sequel planned and a couple of other ideas so plenty to come!
Wonderful idea! Looking forward to your book.
Thank you 🙂
Wow, this sounds great! I’d love to read it. Will drop you an email about a review. #anythinggoes
Thank you so much, I’ll look out for your email! 🙂
Oh wow go you! I hope you do amazingly well.So good you have pursued your dream and just gone for it!! xx #twinklytuesday
Wow this is so exciting! I can’t wait to read! xx #BloggerClubUK
Thank you, I hope you like it 🙂 x
Wow! That’s amazing! Well done Debbie…exciting times. x #bloggerclubuk
Thank you 🙂 x
oh how exciting? And huge congratulations too – I enjoyed your flash fiction on the linkys so am sure I’ll enjoy this too! #BloggerClubUK
Thank you so much, I hope you do enjoy the book 🙂
Great news! Well done and thanks for sharing it free! I read lots of the A-Z challenge and loved it. #BloggerClubUK
Thank you, I’m glad you liked the challenge posts and I hope you enjoy the book 🙂
Ooh, that’s really exciting! Writing good flash fiction is so much harder than people think – you really have to choose your words carefully! #BloggerClubUK
Such a huge achievement well done indeed! #BloggerclubUK
Thank you 🙂
Well done! That is incredibly exciting…I wish you all the very best! x #BloggerClubUK
Thank you 🙂 x
Wow, congratulations! Love the cover and look forward to reading it! #bloggerclubuk
Thank you, I hope you enjoy it 🙂
That’s fantastic! well done you! xx
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Thank you 🙂 x
Wow! Big step, good luck with the book #BloggerClubUK
Thank you 🙂
Really looking forward to your book release – wasn’t expecting it to be free! Wishing you all the best with sending your manuscript off to the publishers, much be exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time xxx
Thank you, I hope you enjoy it! It takes about 12 weeks to hear back from them so that’s going to be a lot of nail biting! x
CONGRATS!!!!
Thats so exciting!! Best of luck with it 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
What an amazing and exciting achievement, congrats! You must be so excited. I cant wait to see and hear more 🙂 Emily #BloggersClubUK
Thank you Emily, I’m so excited about it all!
Thank you so much!! I’ve subscribed and look forward to it:)
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Thank you for subscribing, I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Exciting stuff! I did a double take when I saw ‘my upcoming book release’ in the #BloggerClubUK linky list. Congratulations on finishing your book and I am crossing my fingers for you that it will be a big hit. 🙂
Thank you so much 🙂 I still do a double take myself at it!
Congratulations on your book release! The cover looks fantastic and it sounds very intriguing. And congratulations on finishing your novel too! I’m so envious, as I’ve been trying to write for years. I’ll be interested to follow along and see whether you go down the traditional or non-traditional publishing route. I have heard in this modern age, self-publishing can be a great way to go, but also that going with a bigger publishers can help because of their distribution, it’s a minefield! #bloggerclubUK
Thank you 🙂 I know, there are so many decisions to make! I thought writing the novel would be the hard part, now I know that was the easy bit lol! Good luck with yours if you do decide to pursue it!
wow!! This is FAB news and I am super excited to read it!! I love the way that you can spin a dark tale, there’s guaranteed to be a twist at the end, love it! #BloggerClubUK
Thank you so much, I hope you like it 🙂
congratulations. Well done! this is a fantastic achievement. One to be proud of! and the cover looks very inviting and really suits the title !
Thank you so much, I’m really excited about it all!
Ooh how exciting! I look forward to reading it 😊👍🏻
Thank you, I hope you like it 🙂
Wow that sounds really good I will be sure to read it when it’s released 🙂 #BloggerClubUK
Thank you, I hope you like it 🙂
Congratulations! I wouldn’t even know where to start with something like this. What a fantastic achievement!
Thank you 🙂 It did take a lot of research and playing around with stuff before I was ready to give it a shot, but it’s something I’ve wanted to do for ages!
Ooh how exciting! Best of luck. #BloggerClubUK
Thank you 🙂
Wow, that’s such a fantastic achievement! You must have worked non-stop. Really well done! I am really looking forward to reading it. #AnythingGoes
I have, but I enjoy writing so it doesn’t feel like work! Thank you, I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Just popping in again from #BloggerClubUK look forward to reading it!! X
Thank you 🙂 x
How exciting! I would love to write a novel one day – but I suppose in a way my blog is!! #twinklytuesday
Thank you 🙂 Go for it! Yeah, you’re blog kind of is 🙂
massive congrats Debbie! Very exciting! #BloggerClubUK
Thank you 🙂
Oh my, how exciting! I am a tad envoius that you have two boooks finished and I am still meaning to put pen to paper after 13 years of good intentions.
Well done you!
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Thank you 🙂 I’ve had a good few years of good intentions too before I started it!
Oh wow that is beyond exciting, you must be so proud. I would love to review and will drop you an email :). All the best for both releases xx #bloggerclubuk
Thank you, I am 🙂 I look forward to receiving your email! x
This looks riveting.. Dark Tales… Just up my alley! Looking forward to the read! #bloggerclubuk
Thank you, I hope you enjoy it!
Congratulations! What an amazing thing to be doing! How interesting, best of luck with it 🙂
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Thank you so much 🙂
This sounds so cool! Congratulations. I have two thirds of a novel but would have no idea how to self-publish. Well done you! #BloggerClubUK
Thank you so much 🙂 It’s going to be a learning curve and I’m sure there’ll be some issues but I’ll get there! Good luck with yours 🙂
Congratulations! Such a good idea and so exciting for you! Your stories are great – I’m sure both books will be a great success! #AnythingGoes
Thank you 🙂 I’m really excited about them and I hope you’re right!
Wow! Congratulations! I wish you so much luck with both the e-book and your novel! Such an exciting time for you! #bloggerclubuk
Thank you so much 🙂
Oooh how I exciting – really enjoyed reading your 100 twisted tales, will look forward to reading the book – thanks for hosting #bloggerclubUK
Thank you, I hope you enjoy the book! Thanks for linking up 🙂
How fab! And what a great release date… my wedding anniversary. Wishing you every success #twinklytuesday
Thank you 🙂 I hope you have a great anniversary!