Tag Archives: Books

The Joy of Reading

Posted on Jun 29, 2019 by caroleparkes

The wonderful gift of sight! Use it to read more. For starters: try one of these: ‘Tissue of Lies’ – A psychological thriller. myBook.to/TOL ‘Your Last Breath’ – A chilling thriller. myBook.to/YourLastBreath   You won’t be disappointed!

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Do Competitions Necessarily Show the Cream of the Book Crop?

Posted on Jul 3, 2018 by caroleparkes

Success as an author seems to depend on how much money you can spend on promoting yourself. EVEN ENTRY TO BOOK COMPETITIONS REQUIRES A FEE. In the first book competition I’ve ever entered, I was given a date for my … Continue reading →

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Three Brilliant Ways for Authors to Co-Promote

Posted on Feb 4, 2018 by caroleparkes

  After a discussion in a Facebook author group in late November, I decided to start a co-promotion group called the Tweeting Co-Promotion Group. Not very original, but it says what we do. We’ve been operating just 2 months and … Continue reading →

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Lets Lirn Inglish, 6

Posted on Nov 9, 2014 by caroleparkes

Let’s Learn English, Lesson 6   Speech Marks or Inverted Commas   The online Oxford Dictionaries website gives the following In direct speech, various punctuation conventions are used to separate the quoted words from the rest of the text: this … Continue reading →

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Clarification Needed Regarding the Listing Comma

Posted on Nov 4, 2014 by caroleparkes

The Listing Comma, Please Help   As some of you already know, I’m seeking out the official British English grammar guidelines on the internet and posting them as lessons. The emphasis is on British English grammar here as taught in … Continue reading →

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Lets Lirn Inglish, 5

Posted on Nov 4, 2014 by caroleparkes

Let’s Learn English Grammar, Lesson 5 Please be aware I’m not a teacher, I’m learning about grammar using these posts and hope some of you will learn along with me as I seek out the British English grammar on the … Continue reading →

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Lets Lirn Inglish, 3

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 by caroleparkes

 Let’s Learn English, 3 Apostrophes The online ‘Oxford Dictionaries’ give two main instances where the apostrophe is needed: “Using apostrophes to show possession Using apostrophes to show omission” Richard Dobbs of  another online website entitled  ‘Grammar and Style in British English’  … Continue reading →

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Last Day For Free ‘Tissue Of Lies’ E-Book

Posted on Apr 13, 2014 by caroleparkes

Download your free kindle e-book today 13th April. Offer closes tonight. You can download a free app from Playstore for your tablet. Download now from my Home page or from my previous post.

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Unfair to Authors

Posted on Apr 2, 2014 by caroleparkes

Unfair to Authors.

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Unfair to Authors

Posted on Apr 2, 2014 by caroleparkes

Although Amazon.com shows no reviews for my book ‘Tissue of Lies’, there are some excellent reviews on Amazon.co.uk. I don’t know why the two branches of the same company cannot display the same information about a book. Even the Best … Continue reading →

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For people who buy books.

Posted on Jul 1, 2013 by caroleparkes

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone who read a book would leave a review? I do mean both positive and negative reviews. Even if it was only a requirement for free book promotions, the good and bad books would soon … Continue reading →

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