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It won't be long before the nights start drawing in. If you fancy curling up by the fire with a good book, you might like to consider Secret of Heathcote Manor. Click on the link to read the first few chapters. https://amzn.eu/d/bPvbWTh

Secret of Heathcote Manor is currently available in paperback for just £1.86 from Amazon UK. Best order a copy today as these offers don't tend to last very long.

 I think the Black Friday sales may have come early at Amazon UK. Secret of Heathcote Manor is priced at just £4.89 at the moment. You might need to hurry though as they only have eight copies left in stock.

The internet can be a great source of information. It's particularly useful when researching information for a novel. Back in 2015, I was browsing the web when I came across an article about an incident which occurred in 1648 during the Second English Civil War. As I read on, an idea for a story formed in my mind. Within a few days, I had written the first few chapters, but then I put the manuscript aside for the next four years. In 2019, I decided to apply for a review on Litopia's Pop-Up Submissions, and sent off a short blurb and the first 700 words. My submission was accepted and a recording was made. On the 13th of October 2019 my submission was one of five which featured on the programme. To my delight, it won. Encouraged by this success, I decided to finish writing the tale and submitted it to a handful of literary agents in 2021. It was the first agent I approached who ultimately offered representation. Whilst the manuscript was in fairly good shape, it was by no means ...

A few days ago, Secret of Heathcote Manor was ranked number 34 in the Amazon chart for Military & War Historical Fiction for Young Adults. It's dropped a few places since then but is still in the top 100.